The Enemy in Our Hands: America's Treatment of Enemy Prisoners of War from the Revolution to the War on Terror

by Robert C. Doyle

Book Overview

Revelations of abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and the U.S. detention camp at Guant?namo Bay had repercussions extending beyond the worldwide media scandal that ensued. The controversy surrounding photos and descriptions of inhumane treatment of enemy prisoners of war, or EPWs, from the war on terror marked a watershed moment in the study of modern warfare and the treatment of prisoners of war. Amid allegations of human rights violations and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813125898
• ISBN13: 9780813125893
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"