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Presents the story of post-9/11 America and the nation's descent into the netherworld of prisoner abuse. This book describes events surrounding Guantanamo detainees capture, their years of incarceration, and the myriad difficulties preventing many from resuming a normal life upon returning home.

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"Most of this succinct and worrying book is about detention itself, but an intriguing section goes on to look at ex-detainees trying to piece together the semblance of lives after their ordeal." -- Jeremy Harding London Review Of Books

The Guantánamo Effect

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    A Paperback / softback by Laurel Emile Fletcher, Eric Stover, Patricia M. Wald

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 1 September 2009
      ISBN-13 9780520261778
      978-0520261778
      ISBN-10 0520261771
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      Public international law: human rights Human rights, civil rights

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents the story of post-9/11 America and the nation's descent into the netherworld of prisoner abuse. This book describes events surrounding Guantanamo detainees capture, their years of incarceration, and the myriad difficulties preventing many from resuming a normal life upon returning home.

      Trade Review
      "Most of this succinct and worrying book is about detention itself, but an intriguing section goes on to look at ex-detainees trying to piece together the semblance of lives after their ordeal." -- Jeremy Harding London Review Of Books

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