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1	A Brother's Blood more books like this by Michael C White add to wishlist A German man travels to America to find out what really happened to his brother, a prisoner of war in Maine. His questions raise more questions, and then, without warning, a local man is murdered. Is it because his family was implicated in the prisoner's death? A "New York Times" Notable Book of 1996. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib more books like this by Karen J Greenberg (Editor), Joshua L Dratel (Editor), Anthony Lewis (Introduction by) add to wishlist This huge compendium of materials relating to the events at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and to the issue of detention and torture by the US military in time of war, includes official documents, reports by outside investigators, and the photographs that shocked the world when their existence was revealed in 2004. Some of the internal memos and legal ... see all copies from $4.40! new only from $8.75! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Reaching Past the Wire: A Nurse at Abu Ghraib more books like this by Deanna Germain, Connie Lounsbury add to wishlist On a frigid afternoon in February 2003, Deanna Germain, a nurse practitioner and new grandmother living in Blaine, Minnesota, received the registered letter she had hoped would never arrive. In six days she was to report for active duty as war loomed in Iraq. The purpose of mobilisation: For Enduring Freedom.With startling detail, Lieutenant ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $11.00! \| signed copies
4	Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror more books like this by Mark Danner add to wishlist "Includes the torture photographs in color and the full texts of the secret administration memos on torture and the investigative reports on the abuses at Abu Ghraib." In the spring of 2004, graphic photographs of Iraqi prisoners being tortured by American soldiers in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison flashed around the world, provoking outraged debate ... see all copies from $3.71! new only from $12.00! \| SVS
5	The Abu Ghraib Effect more books like this by Stephen F Eisenman add to wishlist The photographs of torture at Abu Ghraib prison aroused world-wide condemnation - or did they? Opinion polls showed that most citizens of the us were unmoved by the images. And in the two countries that promoted the war in Iraq and instigated torture against detainees, George Bush and Tony Blair were returned to office only months after the ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98!
6	Nazi Prisoners of War in America more books like this by Arnold Krammer add to wishlist The only book available that tells the full story of how the U.S. government detained nearly half a million Nazi prisoners of war in 511 camps across the country. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $17.50! \| first editions
7	A Field Guide for Female Interrogators more books like this by Coco Fusco add to wishlist The world was shocked by the images that emerged from the Abu Ghraib scandal. Lynndie England, the young female army officer shown smiling devilishly as she humiliated male prisoners, became first a scapegoat and then a victim who was "just following orders." Ignored were the more elemental questions of how women are functioning within ... see all copies from $8.60! new only from $9.90! \| SVS
8	Fixing Hell: An Army Psychologist Confronts Abu Ghraib more books like this by Larry C James, Gregory A Freeman, Philip G Zimbardo (Foreword by) add to wishlist In April 2004, the world was shocked by the brutal pictures of beatings, dog attacks, sex acts and the torture of prisoners held at Abu Ghraib in Iraq. As the story broke and the world began to learn about the extent of the horrors that occurred there, the US Army despatched Col. Larry James to Abu Ghraib with an overwhelming assignment: to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Defenses of Narragansett Bay in World War II more books like this by Walter K Schroder add to wishlist see all copies from $4.98! new only from $29.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	One of the Guys: Women as Aggressors and Torturers more books like this by Tara McKelvey (Editor), Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) add to wishlist The debate about women and torture has, until recently, focused on women as victims of violence. But when photographs were released from the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal, one featured Lynndie England holding a prisoner by a dog leash. Overnight, she became a symbol of women's capacity to inflict pain and suffering and soon, many in America ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| SVS
11	Taken Captive: A Japanese POW's Story more books like this by Ooka Shohei, &Omacr Oka Sh&omacr Hei, Wayne P Lammers (Editor) add to wishlist A classic memoir of life as a POW, now available for the first time in English On January 25, 1945, private Ooka Shohei of the Japanese Imperial army was captured by American forces in the Philippines. Near death from starvation and acute malaria, he was nursed back to health by his captors and shipped off to a POW camp. Taken Captive is his ... see all copies from $4.24! new only from $23.33! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Faustball Tunnel: German POWs in America and Their Great Escape more books like this by John Hammond Moore add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! new only from $14.33! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Stark Decency: German Prisoners of War in a New England Village more books like this by Allen V Koop add to wishlist An evocative history of a World War II German POW camp in New Hampshire, where friendships among prisoners, guards, and villagers overcame the bitter divisions of war. see all copies from $5.60! new only from $18.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Una Storia Segreta: The World War II Evacuation And Internment Of Italian Americans more books like this by Lawrence Distasi (Editor), Sandra Gilbert (Foreword by) add to wishlist It is a little-known fact that in California during World War II, Italian Americans were subjected to an 8PM to 6AM curfew, searches of their homes, seizure of their property, and exclusion from prohibited zones along the coast. In a collection of essays, Una Storia Segreta brings together the voices of the Italian American community and experts ... see all copies from $9.45! new only from $12.55! \| SVS
15 view cover	Undue Process: The Untold Story of American's German Alien Internees more books like this by Arnold Krammer add to wishlist The shocking story of America's treatment of German aliens during World War II is revealed by prominent historian Arnold Krammer in Undue Process. Using extensive primary research, including interviews with former prisoners and recently released government documents, Krammer illuminates the government's motives and methods and exposes the quality ... see all copies from $29.95! new only from $122.65! \| first editions
16 view cover	American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination more books like this by Kristian Williams add to wishlist When the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke in April 2004, many American commentators expressed shock. But, as "The Progressive's" Anne-Marie Cusac observed, "Abu Ghraib shock[s] us because our soldiers abroad seem to have acted out behaviors that we condone, yet don't face up to, at home." On the heels of "Our Enemies in Blue", Kristian Williams' ... see all copies from $5.07! new only from $10.78! \| SVS
17 view cover	German Invasion of Western North Carolina more books like this by Jacqueline Burgin Painter add to wishlist This is a generously illustrated history of the little-known German internment camp located in the southern Appalachian village of Hot Springs during World War I. It is also the story of the relationship between the mountain villagers and the German prisoners in their midst, including the crew of the world's largest ship, the "Vaterland". "In May ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $12.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The Abu Ghraib Investigations: The Official Reports of the Independent Panel and Pentagon on the Shocking Prisoner Abuse in Iraq more books like this by Steven Strasser (Editor), Craig R Whitney (Introduction by) add to wishlist The Abu Ghraib prison scandal caused a furor both in the West and within the Arab world in 2003 when photographs of American soldiers abusing and mocking Iraqi prisoners leaked out to the press. Here are two official responses by two separate truth-seeking bodies: one, known as the Schlesinger Report, investigated Department of Defense operations; ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean? more books like this by Alice Yang Murray add to wishlist During World War II, over 120,000 Japanese Americans were removed and confined for four years in 16 camps located throughout the western half of the United States. Yet the internment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps remains a largely unknown episode of World War II history. In these selections, students are invited to investigate this ... see all copies from $5.81! new only from $18.01! \| SVS
20 view cover	Monstering: Inside America's Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War more books like this by Tara McKelvey add to wishlist In April 2004, the Abu Ghraib photographs set off an international scandal. Yet until now, the full story has never been told. Tara McKelvey the first U. S. journalist to speak with female prisoners from Abu Ghraib traveled to the Middle East and across the United States to seek out victims and perpetrators. McKelvey tells how soldiers, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Long Binh Jail: An Oral History of Vietnam's Notorious U.S. Military Prison more books like this by Cecil Barr Currey add to wishlist A noted military historian examines the U.S. military prison at Long Binh, which was so feared that American soldiers preferred to face the Viet Cong rather than be sent there. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $17.00! \| first editions
22	Enemies are human. more books like this by Reinhold Pabel add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Hitler's Soldiers in the Sunshine State: German POWs in Florida more books like this by Robert D Billinger, Jr. add to wishlist This volume ells the story of the 10,000 men who were "guests" of Uncle Sam in a tropical paradise that for some became a tropical hell. The German POWs, captured in Tunisia, Italy and France, were among the 378,000 Germans held as prisoners in 45 states. see all copies from $12.28! new only from $14.84! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Nazi POWs in the Tar Heel State more books like this by Robert D Billinger, Jr. add to wishlist More than 10,000 German prisoners of war were interned in eighteen camps in North Carolina during World War II. Yet apart from the guards, civilian workers, and FBI and local police who tracked escapees, most people were - and remain - unaware of their presence.Utilizing interviews with former prisoners and their guards, Red Cross and U.S. ... see all copies from $12.65! new only from $18.09! \| SVS
25 view cover	Abu Ghraib: The Politics of Torture more books like this by John Gray, Barbara Ehrenreich, David Matlin add to wishlist "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. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS

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