Selling Guantánamo : Exploding the Propaganda Surrounding America's Most Notorious Military Prison.

By:

Hickman, John, 1954-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Florida : University Press of Florida, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813048406
0813048400
0813044553
9780813044552
1299818854
9781299818859
0813047196
9780813047195

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355.1/29609729167 23

LOC classification:

HV6432 .H525 2013eb

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Contents:

Cover; Selling Guantánamo; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Part 1. The Official Explanation; 1. Framing the Decision; 2. Strange Consensus; 3. Three Comparable Historical Cases; 4. Extraordinary Threat; 5. Intelligence Collection; 6. Prosecution; Part 2. The Alternative Explanation; 7. Spectacle of Victory; 8. Punishment; 9. Announcement; Part 3. Repercussions; 10. Closing Guantánamo; 11. After Guantánamo; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1. Guantánamo in Popular Culture; Appendix 2. Island Prisons; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author.

Summary: In the aftermath of 9/11, few questioned the political narrative provided by the White House about Guantánamo and the steady stream of prisoners delivered there from half a world away. The Bush administration gave various rationales for the detention of the prisoners captured in the War on Terror: they represented extraordinary threats to the American people, possessed valuable enemy intelligence, and were awaiting prosecution for terrorism or war crimes. Both explicitly and implicitly, journalists, pundits, lawyers, academics, and even released prisoners who authored books about the island.

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In the aftermath of 9/11, few questioned the political narrative provided by the White House about Guantánamo and the steady stream of prisoners delivered there from half a world away. The Bush administration gave various rationales for the detention of the prisoners captured in the War on Terror: they represented extraordinary threats to the American people, possessed valuable enemy intelligence, and were awaiting prosecution for terrorism or war crimes. Both explicitly and implicitly, journalists, pundits, lawyers, academics, and even released prisoners who authored books about the island.