Standard operating procedure
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Published
New York : Penguin Press, [2008].
ISBN
9781594201325 :, 1594201323
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Collects the stories of the American soldiers who took and appeared in the controversial digital photographs from Abu Ghraib, in a collaborative account of Iraq's occupation that reveals how it is being experienced by both guards and prisoners.

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Blue Island Public Library - Stacks956.7044 GOUOn Shelf
Chicago Ridge Public Library - Stacks956.7044 GOUOn Shelf
Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks956.7044 GOUOn Shelf

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Published
New York : Penguin Press, [2008].
Format
Book
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286 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781594201325 :, 1594201323

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Reprinted in pbk. in 2009 under title The ballad of Abu Ghraib.
Description
Collects the stories of the American soldiers who took and appeared in the controversial digital photographs from Abu Ghraib, in a collaborative account of Iraq's occupation that reveals how it is being experienced by both guards and prisoners.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

Here, author and journalist Gourevitch and documentary filmmaker Morris have compiled the complete story of Abu Ghraib, from Iraqi prison to prison of occupying American forces, and the crimes its walls concealed--only some of which were revealed in photographs that hit the global media in 2003. Drawing from Morris¿s lengthy interviews with the soldiers who photographed and participated in prisoner abuse, the authors render in clear detail the horror and inhumanity of Abu Ghraib, for prisoner and guard alike: "Inexperienced, untrained, under attack, and under orders to do wrong, the low-ranking reservist MPs who implemented the nefarious policy... knew that what they were doing was immoral, and they knew that if it wasn't illegal, it ought to be." From the squalid conditions to the lack of regulations to the appalling acts that jolted the world, this chronicle of unconscionable behavior, and the political maneuvering that took place in its aftermath, is as much a page-turner as any fictional thriller. Companion to Morris¿s documentary film of the same name, this deft piece of reportage will stir readers¿ anger, at both the actions and the consequences; not only was the torture purposeless ("Nobody has even bothered to pretend otherwise"), but "no soldier above the rank of sergeant ever served jail time... [and] Nobody was ever charged with torture, or war crimes, or any violation of the Geneva Conventions." A thorough, terrifying account of an American-made "bedlam," the latest from Gourevitch is as troubling, and arguably as important, as his 1998 Rwanda investigation We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families. (May) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gourevitch, P., & Morris, E. (2008). Standard operating procedure . Penguin Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gourevitch, Philip, 1961- and Errol. Morris. 2008. Standard Operating Procedure. New York: Penguin Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gourevitch, Philip, 1961- and Errol. Morris. Standard Operating Procedure New York: Penguin Press, 2008.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Gourevitch, P. and Morris, E. (2008). Standard operating procedure. New York: Penguin Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gourevitch, Philip, and Errol Morris. Standard Operating Procedure Penguin Press, 2008.

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