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Inside America's Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War
Basic Books
March 2008
On Sale: March 4, 2008
336 pages ISBN: 0465005462 EAN: 9780465005468 Trade Size (reprint)
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Non-Fiction
In April 2004, the Abu Ghraib photographs set off an
international scandal. Yet until this book, the full story
behind that scandal has never been told. Tara McKelvey--the
first U.S. journalist to speak with female prisoners from
Abu Ghraib--traveled to the Middle East and across the
United States to seek out victims and perpetrators.
McKelvey tells how soldiers, acting in an atmosphere that
encouraged abuse and sadism, were unleashed on a prison
population of whom the vast majority, according to Army
documents, were innocent citizens. She gained unprecedented
access to soldiers, officers, administration officials, and
suspected terrorists. She also provides an inside look at
Justice Department theories of presidential power to show
how the many abuses were licensed by the government. Monstering is a gripping and important exposé that reaches
well beyond the frame of the notorious photos to provide a
vital examination of the under-investigated crimes of Abu
Ghraib.
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