Product Description

The revelation of widespread torture of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib shocked the world. In this, the first book of its kind, leading investigative journalist Mark Danner reveals just how complicit the US government was (and remains) in allowing and condoning such abuse.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #773428 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 650 pages

Financial Times
‘Gleans some interesting insights...Danner argues convincingly that higher authorities should take responsibility for what happened’

London Review of Books
‘An invaluable resource...far more durable and available than any series of virtual documents on the web’

New Statesman
‘Numerous memos, collected in Torture and Truth show that the president thought his powers were over and above international law'