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THE BALLAD OF ABU GHRAIB


ABU GHRAIB PHOTOS
ABU GHRAIB PRISON
ABUSE
AMERICAN MILITARY
ARBITRARY ARREST
ARBITRARY DETENTION
DEGRADING TREATMENT
ENHANCED INTERROGATION PROGRAMME
IMPUNITY
INCOMMUNICADO DETENTION
INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS
PRISON GUARDS
SENSORY DEPRIVATION
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SLEEP DEPRIVATION
STRESS POSITIONS
TORTURE
TORTURE METHODS
UNLAWFUL DETENTION
WAR ON TERROR
WATERBOARDING

A relentlesly surprising and perceptive account of the front lines of the war on terror, The Ballad of Abu Ghraib is a war story that takes its place among the classics. Acclaimed author Philip Gourevitch presents the story behind a defining moment in the war, and a defining moment in our understanding of ourselves - the infamous Abu Ghraib photographs of prisoner abuse. Drawing on Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris’s astonishing interviews with the Americans who took and appeared in the pictures, The Ballad of Abu Ghraib is an utterly original book that stands to endure as essential reading long after the current war in Iraq passes from the headlines.