Obama's Guantánamo : stories from an enduring prison /

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Imprint:New York ; London : New York University Press, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource (iv, 229 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12349522
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Other authors / contributors:Hafetz, Jonathan, editor.
ISBN:9781479868070
1479868078
9781479852802
1479852805
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:"Obama's Guantánamo: Stories from an Enduring Prison describes President Obama's failure to close America's enduring offshore detention center, as he had promised to do within his first year in office, and the costs of that failure for those imprisoned there. Like its predecessor, Guantánamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law, Obama's Guantánamo consists of accounts from lawyers who have not only represented detainees, but also served as their main connection to the outside world. Their stories provide us with an accessible explanation of the forces at work in the detentions and place detainees' stories in the larger context of America's submission to fearmongering. These stories demonstrate all that is wrong with the prison and the importance of maintaining a commitment to human rights even in times of insecurity"--Publisher's web site.
Other form:Print version: Obama's Guantánamo. New York ; London : New York University Press, [2016] 9781479852802
Standard no.:10.18574/9781479868070