The Politics of Prisoner Abuse: The United States and Enemy Prisoners after 9/11

Name: The Politics of Prisoner Abuse: The United States and Enemy Prisoners after 9/11
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Author: Forsythe, David P.

by Forsythe, David P.

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333 pages~5.6 hr readPublished by Cambridge University Press

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Perfect for you if...

You're interested in how democracies compromise their values under pressure, and want to understand the actual policies behind the post-9/11 debates.
You study international law, human rights, or US foreign policy and need a scholarly but readable account of the Bush and Obama administrations' prisoner treatment records.
You want to understand the gap between what governments do in secret and what citizens actually support when asked directly about moral principles.

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You're looking for a narrative thriller or political drama. This is careful academic analysis, not a page-turner.
You want to avoid detailed accounts of how detainees were mistreated. The book examines abuse directly and unflinchingly.
You prefer books that argue a single position forcefully. Forsythe examines moral, political, and legal angles with nuance rather than polemics.

About this book

David P. Forsythe examines US policies toward terror suspects following 9/11, analyzing whether states threatened by war and terrorism can be expected to uphold human rights and humanitarian law. The book covers moral, political, and legal dimensions of detainee abuse by the United States. Forsythe argues that the Bush Administration displayed disdain for international law, contrasting this with public support for humanitarian affairs. He compares the approaches of Presidents Bush and Obama regarding prisoner treatment during the war on terrorism, and considers how the Administration should proceed. The book documents the Pentagon's and CIA's records of prisoner mistreatment, offering an account relevant to those concerned with human rights and humanitarian law.

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