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Book SynopsisWhen the American media published photographs of US soldiers abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the Bush administration assured the world that the abuse was isolated and that the perpetrators would be held accountable. This work presents a detailed account of what took place in America's overseas detention centers.
Trade ReviewIn gathering these truly telling documents Jaffer and Singh have distilled the essence of an evil that has shamed America. Exposing it can only help remove a terrible national stain. -- John W. Dean, Nixon White House counsel and author of Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches [An] extraordinarily important book -- Naomi Wolf The Huffington Post An immensely useful resource. -- David Cole New York Review of Books The definitive evidence of the Bush-Cheney war crimes. -- Nat Hentoff The Village Voice
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Introduction: Administration of Torture Timeline of Key Events Description of the Documents The Documents