| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
v, 245 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
"During his yearlong tour of duty, Sergeant Joseph Hickman saw Guantánamo from the inside--the chaotic prisons, the detainee abuse--and stumbled onto a mystery, a secret facility he and his fellow soldiers labeled "Camp No." When, on June 9, 2006, three prisoners died while Hickman was on duty, all supposed suicides, he knew something was seriously wrong. So began his epic search for the truth, an odyssey that would lead him to conclude that the US government was using Guantánamo not just as a prison, but as a training ground for interrogators to test advanced torture techniques. For the first time, Hickman details the inner workings of Camp Delta: the events surrounding the deaths of three prisoners, the orchestrated cover-up, and the secret facility at the heart of it all. From his own eyewitness account and a careful review of thousands of documents, he deconstructs the government's explanation of what happened and proves that the military not only tortured prisoners, but lied about their deaths. By revealing Guantánamo's true nature, Sergeant Hickman opens an important window onto government overreach, secrecy, and one man's principled search for the truth."--Book jacket. |
| Contents |
The island. Call to duty ; No sleep till Gitmo ; Training day ; Welcome to Guantánamo Bay ; Priorities ; Camp No ; By the dawn's early light ; "Disturbance in Camp 4!" ; Unacceptable behavior ; All spin zone ; June 9, 2006 ; Lies ; 10 days in the real world ; Return to Gitmo ; Stress dreams ; NCIS ; Seton Hall -- Discovery. Meet the Denbeauxs ; Discoveries ; Feds ; Going to the media ; "All accounted for" ; Admiral's memo ; Missing pages ; What's the motive, Joe? ; The Mefloquine motive ; America's secret "battle lab." |
| Subject |
Hickman, Joseph.
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United States. Marine Corps -- Officers.
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Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Detention of unlawful combatants -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
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Political prisoners -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
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Prisoners -- Civil rights -- United States.
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Reporters and reporting -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9781451650792 (hardcover: alkaline paper) $28.00 |
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1451650795 (hardcover: alkaline paper) |
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9781451650815 (ebook) |
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9781451650808 (paperback alkaline paper) |
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