Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond (Hardcover)

by Jameel Jaffer (Author), Amrit Singh (Author) "When the American media published photographs of U.S. soldiers abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that the..." (more)
Key Phrases: special interrogation plan, alternative interrogation techniques, intelligence interrogation, Abu Ghraib, General Miller, United States (more...)

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"In 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

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" Administration of Torture is a powerful account of the devastating effects of deviating from longstanding legal prohibitions on the mistreatment of prisoners. Through government documents, Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh bring to light the grim reality of the torture and abuse of prisoners held in U.S. custody abroad. This book will serve as a historic reminder of the dangers of curtailing human rights protections in the name of national security." -- Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 1997-2002 and President of Ireland 1990-1997

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 456 pages
• Publisher: Columbia University Press (September 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0231140525
• ISBN-13: 978-0231140522
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #664,598 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading for Bush Apologists, December 14, 2007

By	Douglas R. Hyden - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

You won't find many of the usual right wing nut jobs reviewing this book, because it is very hard to libel documentary evidence. In law, we say "res ipsa loquitor," or "the thing speaks for itself." And this book has delivered the goods: documentary evidence in spades. If you don't come away from this book convinced that at the very least there is a prima facie case for indicting the US military high command, up to and including the shrub and Darth Cheney, on charges of aggravated war crimes and crimes against humanity, then you just haven't paid attention, or, worse, you are part of that portion of humanity--Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pinochet, Pol Pot, etc.--that thinks there is nothing wrong with torture and that, in fact, we should use it more. If that is the case, you will find plenty to warm your heart here.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative, November 29, 2007

By	thewindfrombelow "thewindfrombelow" (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This book is a great collection of the records of the Bush administration's torture policy. Seeing as it is a collection of documents obtained through FOIA some of it is redacted. This redaction lends the book that air of "what are they trying to cover up." This book would be great for research.

The introduction sets it all out in a nice brief synopsis. Thus, this book has little author influence as to opinion. It allows you to see for yourself.