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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Abusive interrogations, suspension of habeas corpus, secret tribunals: these are the kinds of human rights violations we associate with totalitarian governments abroad. But, according to Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, these violations have become common in the U.S. since it began its war on terror. Schulz is supremely well placed to argue for the importance of respecting human rights while we fight terror-indeed, he asserts, respecting human rights "both at home and abroad, actually makes terrorism less likely to succeed." European countries, for instance, have refused to extradite terror suspects to the U.S. because they might face the death penalty here. And what's seen as the violation of the rights of foreign nationals living here creates rage in their home countries, whom the U.S. might later wish to recruit as allies in the war against terror. Offering careful argument based on moral principles, international law and actual case studies, Schulz makes a strong argument for idea that the balance between security and rights ought to be very carefully calibrated.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Readers can be forgiven for thinking: not another post-September 11 book. But this one is definitely worth reading because it focuses on an ever-more touchy issue that has been around since long before the terrorist attacks: the not-so-stellar human rights record of the U.S. government. While he uses post-9/11 events as his jumping-off point, Schulz (executive director of Amnesty International) asks questions that have been asked, with alarming frequency, for a couple of centuries. Are human rights fundamental in all circumstances, or are they malleable, shifting with the political winds? Even assuming President Bush's "War on Terrorism" to be a valid enterprise--something the author vigorously debates--is a state of war sufficient justification for suspending basic rights and freedoms? Does a state of war justify, for example, treating people who travel as though they are, almost by definition, suspected terrorists? A mixture of philosophical argument and anecdote (the book is full of apparent abuses of authority), this is one post-9/11 book with themes that are truly timeless. David Pitt
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Abusive interrogations, suspension of habeas corpus, secret tribunals: these are the kinds of human rights violations we associate with totalitarian governments abroad. But, according to Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, these violations have become common in the U.S. since it began its war on terror. Schulz is supremely well placed to argue for the importance of respecting human rights while we fight terror-indeed, he asserts, respecting human rights "both at home and abroad, actually makes terrorism less likely to succeed." European countries, for instance, have refused to extradite terror suspects to the U.S. because they might face the death penalty here. And what's seen as the violation of the rights of foreign nationals living here creates rage in their home countries, whom the U.S. might later wish to recruit as allies in the war against terror. Offering careful argument based on moral principles, international law and actual case studies, Schulz makes a strong argument for idea that the balance between security and rights ought to be very carefully calibrated.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Readers can be forgiven for thinking: not another post-September 11 book. But this one is definitely worth reading because it focuses on an ever-more touchy issue that has been around since long before the terrorist attacks: the not-so-stellar human rights record of the U.S. government. While he uses post-9/11 events as his jumping-off point, Schulz (executive director of Amnesty International) asks questions that have been asked, with alarming frequency, for a couple of centuries. Are human rights fundamental in all circumstances, or are they malleable, shifting with the political winds? Even assuming President Bush's "War on Terrorism" to be a valid enterprise--something the author vigorously debates--is a state of war sufficient justification for suspending basic rights and freedoms? Does a state of war justify, for example, treating people who travel as though they are, almost by definition, suspected terrorists? A mixture of philosophical argument and anecdote (the book is full of apparent abuses of authority), this is one post-9/11 book with themes that are truly timeless. David Pitt
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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