The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture PDF
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Named in remembrance of the onetime Antioch Review editor and longtime Bay Area resident, the Lawrence Grauman, Jr. Fund supports books that address a wide range of human rights, free speech, and social justice issues. The publisher and the University of California Press Foundation gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Lawrence Grauman, Jr. Fund. The publisher and the University of California Press Foundation also gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Anne G. Lipow Endowment Fund in Social Justice and Human Rights. The War in Court The War in Court INSIDE THE LONG FIGHT AGAINST TORTURE Lisa Hajjar UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS University of California Press Oakland, California © 2022 by Lisa Hajjar Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hajjar, Lisa, author. Title: The war in court : inside the long fight against torture / Lisa Hajjar. Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2022007220 (print) | lccn 2022007221 (ebook) | isbn 9780520378933 (hardback) | isbn 9780520976443 (ebook) Subjects: lcsh: Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp. | Torture—Government policy—United States. | Torture—Law and legislation—United States. | Torture—Moral and ethical aspects—United States. | Human rights— United States. Classification: lcc hv8599.u6 h46 2023 (print) | lcc hv8599.u6 (ebook) | ddc 364.6/75—dc23/eng/20220613 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022007220 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022007221 Manufactured in the United States of America 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is dedicated to the people who stepped up, spoke out, and took action to fight torture, and to my late father, Victor Hajjar, who always hoped that I would write a book without footnotes. CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix List of Abbreviations xi Preface xv Introduction: Why Torture Matters 1 1 • Taking the “War on Terror” to Court 20 2 • Enter the Warriors 43 3 • Mapping the Lines of Battle 68 4 • The War in Court Takes Off 93 5 • Winning Some, Losing Some 123 6 • Fighting for Justice at Home and Abroad 148 7 • Trying Guantánamo 178 8 • New Battles, Same War 214 9 • Obama’s Guantánamo 241 10 • The Last Front 270 Conclusion: The Afterlives of Torture 307 Acknowledgments 319 Sources and Further Readings 323 Index 337
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