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Hickman, John Charles, 1954-

Selling Guantánamo exploding the propaganda surrounding America's most notorious military prison / [electronic resource] : John Hickman. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013. - 1 online resource (256 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Challenges the U.S. government's official explanation for keeping hundreds of POWs from the War in Afghanistan in continued custody at Guantanamo.

ISBN: 9780813048406

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Afghan War, 2001---Prisoners and prisons.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Prisoners of war--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV6432 / .H525 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 355.1/29609729167