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America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror
New York Review Books
November 2004
On Sale: October 31, 2004
608 pages
ISBN: 1590171527
EAN: 9781590171523
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
"Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, officials of the
United States ... from Bagram in Afghanistan to Guantanamo
in Cuba to Abu Ghraib in Iraq, have been torturing
prisoners," writes Mark Danner. "This is a simple truth,
well known but not yet publicly admitted in Washington."
The torture was essentially given institutional approval by
the U.S. government, through memoranda from the President's
White House counsel, among others, opining that the Geneva
Conventions need not apply to prisoners. In Iraq, at least three different interrogation policies
were used. Many soldiers and outside organizations were
aware of these torture sessions. Torture and Truth includes
documents outlining acceptable interrogation techniques and
reports revealing prisoner abuse and torture — including a
memo signed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
concerning "Interrogation Techniques," the reports by Major
General Antonio M. Taguba, and the report by the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Abu
Ghraib prison in Baghdad. 20 color photographs are included.
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