Abu Ghraib Investigations The Official Reports of the Independent Panel and Pentagon on the Shocking Prisoner Abuse in Iraq

In fall 2003, Iraqi prisoners were beaten, stripped naked, confined in small spaces, tortured, sexually humiliated, and abused by U.S. personnel at Abu Ghraib, a sprawling prison complex near Baghdad. The abuse was kept hidden by the U.S. military until photographs of the victims and their smiling tormentors were released to a stunned American public. Several investigations into the scandal were launched. They describe what they found at Abu Ghraib as "brutality and purposeless sadism." The Abu Ghraib Investigations reveals the awful truth about what happened at Abu Ghraib, who is responsible, and what can be done about it. It includes: * Excerpts from the official Abu Ghraib Report, analyzing the events leading up to the abuses and their consequences * Excerpts from the Jones/Fay Investigation, detailing specific abuses in graphic detail * Photographs that led to the investigations of the abuses * Key primary documents, including official military interrogation policies Former Newsweek editor Steven Strasser has brought together the most revelatory information about the abuses-the real extent of the crimes, the fundamental flaws in the military's detention and interrogation techniques, the egregious failures in command and leadership, and the consequences for the future of the U.S. military and the war in Iraq. In his lead essay, Craig R. Whitney of the New York Times places the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal into an historical framework, explaining how the crimes could have happened, and exploring why they have disturbed our nation so deeply.Strasser, Steven is the author of 'Abu Ghraib Investigations The Official Reports of the Independent Panel and Pentagon on the Shocking Prisoner Abuse in Iraq', published 2004 under ISBN 9781586483197 and ISBN 1586483196.