Title: Nightmare abroad : stories of Americans imprisoned in foreign lands /
Authors: Laufer, Peter.
Publisher: Mercury House,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Prisoners United States; Prisoners Foreign countries.; Americans Foreign countries
Abstract: You're a law-abiding citizen, so you won't be arrested on your overseas vacation. You're a U.S. citizen, so even if you are arrested, your government will come to your aid. Peter Laufer explodes these common misconceptions in his eye-opening study of how Americans end up imprisoned abroad, why our government helps so little, and how to avoid disaster in foreign travel. Thousands of Americans are currently imprisoned overseas. To research Nightmare Abroad, Laufer traveled.
Contents: Around the world. -Beans or luxury in Tijuana. -Languishing in Lima, tears in Annapolis. -Help from home. -Thirty years in Bangkok: "I am a beaten man." -Inshallah: how the Boyd brothers came home from Peshawar with all their hands and feet. -Videotape in Saudi Arabia, jailbreak in Iran. -Credit cards and Bibles. -Accidentally smuggling antiquities out of Izmir and other Turkish adventures. -Old World sentences. -Beating the Lagos firing squad. -First world country clubs. -Stay out of trouble. -No picnic at home.