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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Prisioneros de una guerra ajena Prisioneros de una guerra ajena Alicia Cabrales de Wahn Written by a Salvadoran woman who married a German immigrant in the 1930s, her story recounts their capture by U.S. force in Guatemala during World War II, internment in the U.S., removal to Germany … OL11786360W
The interrogators The interrogators Chris Mackey Shares the stories of five American interrogators at the front lines of the war against terror, revealing the mental and psychological battles waged between the soldiers and their al Qaeda and Taliba… OL15826821W
The battle behind the wire The battle behind the wire Cheryl Benard Although prisoner of war and detainee operations ultimately tend to become quite extensive, military planners and policymakers have repeatedly treated such operations as an afterthought. In reality, … OL16213806W
The torture papers The torture papers Karen J. Greenberg "The Torture Papers consists of the "torture memos" and reports written by U.S. government officials to prepare the way for and to legitimize coercive interrogation and torture in Afghanistan, Guanta… OL16567034W
Standard operating procedure Standard operating procedure Philip Gourevitch An utterly original literary and intellectual collaboration by two of our keenest moral and political observers has produced a nonfiction Heart of Darkness for our time: the first full reckoning of w… OL1894072W
Standard operating procedure Standard operating procedure Philip Gourevitch,Errol Moris Collects the stories of the American soldiers who took and appeared in the controversial digital photographs from Abu Ghraib, in a collaborative account of Iraq's occupation that reveals how it is be… OL19668182W
Witnesses of the unseen Witnesses of the unseen Lakhdar Boumediene xvii, 266 pages ; 24 cm OL20052318W
The leftover elf The leftover elf Mary Stolz The last elf left in the world sets out to find the Believer, since he feels he owes his existence to somebody somewhere who must believe in him. OL2040547W
Hart's war Hart's war John Katzenbach "Second Lieutenant Tommy Hart, a navigator whose B-25 was shot out of the sky in 1942, is burdened with guilt as the only surviving member of his crew. Now he is just another POW at the fiercely guar… OL20880138W
The interrogators The interrogators Chris Mackey,Greg Miller Shares the stories of five American interrogators at the front lines of the war against terror, revealing the mental and psychological battles waged between the soldiers and their al Qaeda and Taliba… OL20911385W
War trash War trash Ha Jin This unforgettable novel tells the story, in memoir form, of Yu Yuan, a young Chinese army officer, one of a corps of 'volunteers' sent by Mao to help shore up the communist side in Korea. When Yu is… OL24307254W
Fear up harsh Fear up harsh Tony Lagouranis,Allen Mikaelian So begins Army interrogator Tony Lagouranis's first briefing at Abu Ghraib. When the U.S. went to war with Iraq, Lagouranis-who joined the Army prior to September 11-was tapped to be an interrogator … OL8165775W
The least worst place The least worst place Karen J. Greenberg In January 2002, the first detainees of the War on Terror disembarked in Guantánamo Bay, dazed, bewildered, and--more often than not--alarmingly thin. With little advance notice, the military's prepa… OL8326126W
The Summer of My German Soldier The Summer of My German Soldier Bette Greene,Bette Greene When her small hometown in Arkansas becomes the site of a camp housing German prisoners during World War II, 12-year-old Patty Bergen learns what it means to open her heart. Although she's Jewish, sh… OL894460W