wyszukanych pozycji: 2
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Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
ISBN: 9780743286862 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The detention system established by the Bush Administration at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba is like no other in our nation's history. Joseph Margulies traces the development of this detention policy from its ill-conceived creation in 2002 as "the ideal interrogation chamber" to its present form, where most prisoners are held without charges in a super-maximum security prison, even though the U.S. government has acknowledged that many have been cleared for release and most of the others are not even alleged to have committed a hostile act against the United States or its allies. ...
The detention system established by the Bush Administration at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba is like no other in our nation's history. Joseph M...
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84,74 |
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What Changed When Everything Changed: 9/11 and the Making of National Identity
ISBN: 9780300176551 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Beautifully written and carefully reasoned, this bold and provocative work upends the conventional wisdom about the American reaction to crisis. Margulies demonstrates that for key elements of the post-9/11 landscape--especially support for counterterror policies like torture and hostility to Islam--American identity is not only darker than it was before September 11, 2001, but substantially more repressive than it was immediately after the attacks. These repressive attitudes, Margulies shows us, have taken hold even as the terrorist threat has diminished significantly. Contrary to... Beautifully written and carefully reasoned, this bold and provocative work upends the conventional wisdom about the American reaction to crisis. Ma... |
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437,89 |