Abu Ghraib
Subtitle: the politics of torture
By: with essays by Meron Benvenisti ... [et al.].
Contributors: Benvenisti, Meron, 1934-
Series: The Terra nova series
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Abu Ghraib Prison.; Iraq War, 2003- -- Prisoners and prisons, American.; Iraq War, 2003- -- Atrocities.; Torture -- Iraq.; Political prisoners -- Iraq.
Description: "An anthology of essays by contributors offering varying perspectives on the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. Contributing writers are Meron Benvenisti, Mark Danner, Barbara Ehrenreich, John Gray, David Matlin, David Levi Strauss, Charles Stein, and Brooke Warner"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Preface. Abu Ghraib: a series of small essays in two movements; title: Feminism's assumptions upended / by Barbara Ehrenreich; title: Torture and truth / by Mark Danner; title: The logic of torture / by Mark Danner; title: Breakdown in the gray room: recent turns in the image war / by David Levi Strauss; title: An old refrain that stabs at the heart / by Meron Benvenisti; title: Abu Ghraib and a new generation of soldiers / by Brooke Warner; title: Magic ... / by Charles Stein; title: Power and vainglory / by John Gray; title: Abu Ghraib and America's prison system / by David Matlin.