The torture papers
Subtitle: the road to Abu Ghraib
By: edited by Karen J. Greenberg, Joshua L. Dratel ; introduction by Anthony Lewis.
Contributors: Greenberg, Karen J.; Dratel, Joshua L., 1957-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1249
ISBN-13: 9780521853248
Subjects: Abu Ghraib Prison; Iraq War, 2003- -- Prisoners and prisons, American; Iraq War, 2003- -- Atrocities; Torture -- Iraq; Political prisoners -- Iraq
Other titles: Road to Abu Ghraib
Description: "The Torture Papers consists of the "torture memos" and reports written by U.S. government officials to prepare the way for and to legitimize coercive interrogation and torture in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, and Abu Ghraib. This volume of documents presents for the first time a compilation of materials that prior to publication have existed only piecemeal in the public domain. The Bush Administration, concerned about the legality of harsh interrogation techniques, understood the need to establish a legally viable argument to justify such procedures. The memos and reports in this volume document the systematic attempt of the U.S. government to prepare the way for torture techniques and coercive interrogation practices, forbidden under international law, with the express intent of evading legal punishment in the aftermath of any discovery of these practices and policies."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.