TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hickman,John
TI  - Selling Guantánamo: Exploding the Propaganda Surrounding America's Most Notorious Military Prison
SN  - 9780813048406
AV  - HV6432 .S455 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Florida
PB  - University Press of Florida
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Cuba
KW  - Guantánamo Bay Naval Base
KW  - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-2021
KW  - Prisoners and prisons
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Selling Guantánamo; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Part 1. The Official Explanation; 1. Framing the Decision; 2. Strange Consensus; 3. Three Comparable Historical Cases; 4. Extraordinary Threat; 5. Intelligence Collection; 6. Prosecution; Part 2. The Alternative Explanation; 7. Spectacle of Victory; 8. Punishment; 9. Announcement; Part 3. Repercussions; 10. Closing Guantánamo; 11. After Guantánamo; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1. Guantánamo in Popular Culture; Appendix 2. Island Prisons; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author; 2; b
N2  - In the aftermath of 9/11, few questioned the political narrative provided by the White House about Guantánamo and the steady stream of prisoners delivered there from half a world away. The Bush administration gave various rationales for the detention of the prisoners captured in the War on Terror: they represented extraordinary threats to the American people, possessed valuable enemy intelligence, and were awaiting prosecution for terrorism or war crimes. Both explicitly and implicitly, journalists, pundits, lawyers, academics, and even released prisoners who authored books about the island
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