The Trial Of Donald Rumsfeld
A Prosecution by Book
Will be published approx. on 9. October 2008
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-59558-341-3 (ISBN)
Description
Lays out the evidence that high-level officials in the Bush administration ordered, authorised, implemented and permitted war crimes, in particular the crimes of torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. Using primary source documents ranging from Rumsfeld's techniques chart' and Iraqi plaintiffs' statements to the testimony of whistleblowers and key pieces of reportage the author sets forth evidence of a torture program that took place in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, secret CIA prisons and other places unknown.'
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59558-341-3 (9781595583413)
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Person
Michael Ratner is an attorney and president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He is well known for his human rights activism and the author of numerous books, including The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld and Hell No: Your Right to Dissent in Twenty-First-Century America (co-authored with Margaret Ratner Kunstler), both published by The New Press. He lives in New York City.