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This book gives the reader an eye-opening window onto the historical precedents and lasting impact the security state has had on civil liberties, human rights, and the rule of law in the name of the war on terror. This book will appeal to readers who want to understand the changes that have occurred in American government and society since 9/11.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Karen J. Greenberg is the Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law. She received her B.A. from Cornell University, New York and her PhD from Yale University, Connecticut. Her books include The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days (2009) and Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State (2016). Greenberg edited The Torture Debate in America (2006), co-edited The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib (2005) and is Editor-in-Chief of The Soufan Group Morning Brief. She is an International Studies Fellow at New America.
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This book gives the reader an eye-opening window onto the historical precedents and lasting impact the security state has had on civil liberties, human rights, and the rule of law in the name of the war on terror. This book will appeal to readers who want to understand the changes that have occurred in American government and society since 9/11.
