TY  - BOOK
AU  - Forsythe,David P.
TI  - The politics of prisoner abuse: the United States and enemy prisoners after 9/11 
SN  - 9781139093125
AV  - HV8599.U6 F67 2011eb
U1  - 355.1/296 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Torture
KW  - United States
KW  - Political prisoners
KW  - Abuse of
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
KW  - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
KW  - September 11 Terrorist Attacks
KW  - Prisonniers politiques
KW  - Violence envers
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Prisonniers de guerre
KW  - Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis
KW  - Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Military
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Politischer Gefangener
KW  - gnd
KW  - Kriegsgefangener
KW  - Folter
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Torture and political morality in historical perspective -- Political morality and the Bush Administration -- Bush lawyers: the politics of legal interpretation -- The military: Afghanistan, Guantánamo, Iraq -- The CIA: kidnapping, Black Sites, extraordinary rendition -- Due process: detention classification, military commissions -- Prisoner abuse and the politics of transitional justice -- Cast of principal characters -- Reports on U.S. policy toward enemy prisioners -- Some relevant legal norms: selected provisions -- Timeline, selected events, Bush Administration
N2  - "When states are threatened by war and terrorism, can we really expect them to abide by human rights and humanitarian law? David Forsythe's bold analysis of US policies towards terror suspects after 9/11 addresses this issue directly. Covering moral, political and legal aspects, he examines the abuse of enemy detainees at the hands of the US. At the centre of the debate is the Bush Administration, which Forsythe argues displayed disdain for international law, in contrast to the general public's support for humanitarian affairs. He explores the similarities and differences between Presidents Obama and Bush on the question of prisoner treatment in an age of terrorism and asks how the Administration should proceed. The book traces the Pentagon's and CIA's records in mistreating prisoners, providing an account which will be of interest to all those who value humanitarian law"--; "This is a book about U.S. policies toward enemy prisoners after the Al Qaeda terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11, 2001. It analyzes the central moral, political, and legal factors in the U.S. policy making process that led the George W. Bush Administration to abuse prisoners on a widespread basis. It also covers the early years of the Barrack Obama Administration"--
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