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Author:

Hickman, John Charles, 1954-

Title:

Selling Guantánamo : exploding the propaganda surrounding America's most notorious military prison / John Hickman.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

279 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Prisoners of war--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Afghan War, 2001---Prisoners and prisons.
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-270) and index.

Contents:

The official explanation -- Framing the decision -- Strange consensus -- Three comparable historical cases -- Extraordinary threat -- Intelligence collection -- Prosecution -- The alternative explanation -- Spectacle of victory -- Punishment -- Announcement -- Repercussions -- Closing Guantánamo -- After Guantánamo.

Summary:

Challenges the U.S. government's official explanation for keeping hundreds of POWs from the War in Afghanistan in continued custody at Guantanamo.

ISBN:

0813044553 (alk. paper)
9780813044552 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2013007071

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)