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Hurt

Notes on Torture in a Modern Democracy

Kristen Williams

Hurt is Portland activist Kristian Williams' collection of articles and interviews on the history, psychology, and current state of torture in democratic societies. Williams, author of...

Shadow War

The Untold Story of Jihad in Kashmir

Arif Jamal

For nearly sixty years, India and Pakistan have battled over the territory of Kashmir. The two nuclear-armed states have fought three bloody wars in the region, but the countries have also fought...

Full Spectrum Dominance

US Power In Iraq And Beyond

Rahul Mahajan

The war on terrorism, the war on Iraq, and beyond. And what it actually means. "Informative, tough-minded, and incisive, Full Spectrum Dominance confronts key realities of US global power in the...

A Field Guide For Female Interrogators

Coco Fusco

The world was shocked by the images that emerged from Abu Ghraib, the U.S.-controlled prison in Iraq. Lynndie England, the young female army officer shown smiling devilishly as she humiliated male...

America's Disappeared

Secret Imprisonment Detainees and the "War on Terror"

Barbara Olshansky

On any given day, over 20,000 men, women and children languish in indefinite detention in the United States. In Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay, thousands more are imprisoned or...

Human Rights Watch World Report 2006

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world's leader in building a stronger human rights culture. Their annual World Report, the most probing review of human rights developments...

From Chinese Exclusion To Guantanamo Bay

Plenary Power And The Prerogative State

Natsu Taylor Saito

Continuous expansion of executive power is igniting national debate: Is the administration authorized to detain people without charges or access to counsel, due process, or a fair trial? Is torture...

Unholy Wars

Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism

John Cooley

This completely revised edition examines the events of September 11th 2001, Osama bin Laden's role and the complex working of the Al Qa'ida terror network. This is the classic book on the history...

Reaping the Whirlwind

Afghanistan, Al Qa'ida and the Holy War

Michael Griffin

First published weeks before Al Qa'ida became the most reviled Islamist movement in history, this thoroughly updated edition of Michael Griffin's acclaimed book provides a cradle-to-grave narrative...