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Kafka Comes to America
Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror
Written by Steven T. Wax
Format: eBook, 380 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $14.99
American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award — Winner in the Book category
Independent Publishers — Winner of the Gold Medal in the Autobiography/Memoir category
ForeWord Book of the Year Awards — Winner of the Bronze Medal in the Social Science category
The Eric Hoffer Award - Winner in the Memoir category
A public... Read more >
Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror
Written by Steven T. Wax
Format: eBook, 380 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $14.99
American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award — Winner in the Book category
Independent Publishers — Winner of the Gold Medal in the Autobiography/Memoir category
ForeWord Book of the Year Awards — Winner of the Bronze Medal in the Social Science category
The Eric Hoffer Award - Winner in the Memoir category
A public... Read more >
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The Torturer in the Mirror
Written by Ramsey Clark, Thomas Ehrlich Reifer and Haifa Zangana
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2010
Price: $8.95
Before the US invasion of Iraq, before the American public saw the infamous photos from Abu Ghraib, the CIA went to the White House with a question: What, according to the Constitution, was the line separating interrogation from torture—and could that line be moved? The White House lawyers' answer—in the form... Read more >
Written by Ramsey Clark, Thomas Ehrlich Reifer and Haifa Zangana
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2010
Price: $8.95
Before the US invasion of Iraq, before the American public saw the infamous photos from Abu Ghraib, the CIA went to the White House with a question: What, according to the Constitution, was the line separating interrogation from torture—and could that line be moved? The White House lawyers' answer—in the form... Read more >
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Between the Fences
Before Guantanamo, there was the Port Isabel Service Processing Center
Written by Tony Hefner
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $19.95
Something at the Texas detention facility is terribly wrong, and Tony Hefner knows it. But the guards are repeatedly instructed not to speak of anything they witness. In the Rio Grande Valley, one of the most poverty-stricken areas in the United States, good jobs are scarce and the detention facility pays... Read more >
Before Guantanamo, there was the Port Isabel Service Processing Center
Written by Tony Hefner
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $19.95
Something at the Texas detention facility is terribly wrong, and Tony Hefner knows it. But the guards are repeatedly instructed not to speak of anything they witness. In the Rio Grande Valley, one of the most poverty-stricken areas in the United States, good jobs are scarce and the detention facility pays... Read more >
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Half the Sky
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $15.95
#1 National Bestseller
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa... Read more >
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $15.95
#1 National Bestseller
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa... Read more >
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Saviors and Survivors
Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror
Written by Mahmood Mamdani
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2010
Price: $11.99
From the author of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim comes an important book, unlike any other, that looks at the crisis in Darfur within the context of the history of Sudan and examines the world’s response to that crisis.
In Saviors and Survivors, Mahmood Mamdani explains how the conflict in Darfur began... Read more >
Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror
Written by Mahmood Mamdani
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2010
Price: $11.99
From the author of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim comes an important book, unlike any other, that looks at the crisis in Darfur within the context of the history of Sudan and examines the world’s response to that crisis.
In Saviors and Survivors, Mahmood Mamdani explains how the conflict in Darfur began... Read more >
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When God Says War Is Right
The Christian#s Perspective on When and How to Fight
Written by Darrell Cole
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2010
Price: $8.99
Across the centuries, how have Christians who follow the Prince of Peace responded to the recurring reality of war? And what guidance do they offer for believers today–in the midst of global conflict?
In When God Says War Is Right, Dr. Darrell Cole offers thorough and highly readable answers. His expert examination... Read more >
The Christian#s Perspective on When and How to Fight
Written by Darrell Cole
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2010
Price: $8.99
Across the centuries, how have Christians who follow the Prince of Peace responded to the recurring reality of war? And what guidance do they offer for believers today–in the midst of global conflict?
In When God Says War Is Right, Dr. Darrell Cole offers thorough and highly readable answers. His expert examination... Read more >
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Veiled Atrocities
True Stories of Oppression in Saudi Arabia
Written by Sami Alrabaa
Format: Trade Paperback, 275 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $19.00
A deaf-mute woman waiting for her brother to pick her up in front of shop window is arrested by two members of the Saudi "morality police" (mutawas) on suspicion of prostitution. They report their allegation to the governor of Riyadh, who accepts it without question and passes sentence. The next Friday... Read more >
True Stories of Oppression in Saudi Arabia
Written by Sami Alrabaa
Format: Trade Paperback, 275 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $19.00
A deaf-mute woman waiting for her brother to pick her up in front of shop window is arrested by two members of the Saudi "morality police" (mutawas) on suspicion of prostitution. They report their allegation to the governor of Riyadh, who accepts it without question and passes sentence. The next Friday... Read more >
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World Report 2010
Events of 2009
Written by Human Rights Watch
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $25.00
Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world’s leader in building a stronger awareness for human rights. Their annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere.
Written in straightforward, non-technical language, Human Rights Watch World Report prioritizes events in the most affected countries during... Read more >
Events of 2009
Written by Human Rights Watch
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $25.00
Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world’s leader in building a stronger awareness for human rights. Their annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere.
Written in straightforward, non-technical language, Human Rights Watch World Report prioritizes events in the most affected countries during... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Half the Sky
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $28.95
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia... Read more >
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $28.95
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Half the Sky
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $11.99
#1 National Bestseller
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa... Read more >
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $11.99
#1 National Bestseller
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Reflections on the Revolution In Europe
Immigration, Islam, and the West
Written by Christopher Caldwell
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $13.99
This provocative and unflinching analysis of Europe’s unexpected demographic revolution focuses on the increasingly assertive Muslim populations shaping the continent’s future.
Europe’s half century of mass immigration has failed to produce an American melting pot and is now faced with a serious problem for which there is no easy solution. Based on... Read more >
Immigration, Islam, and the West
Written by Christopher Caldwell
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $13.99
This provocative and unflinching analysis of Europe’s unexpected demographic revolution focuses on the increasingly assertive Muslim populations shaping the continent’s future.
Europe’s half century of mass immigration has failed to produce an American melting pot and is now faced with a serious problem for which there is no easy solution. Based on... Read more >
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hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Sun Climbs Slow
The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice
Written by Erna Paris
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $21.95
In this groundbreaking investigation, Erna Paris explores the history of global justice, the politics behind America's opposition to the creation of a permanent international criminal court, and the implications for the world at large.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent tribunal of its kind. The mandate of the ICC... Read more >
The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice
Written by Erna Paris
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $21.95
In this groundbreaking investigation, Erna Paris explores the history of global justice, the politics behind America's opposition to the creation of a permanent international criminal court, and the implications for the world at large.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent tribunal of its kind. The mandate of the ICC... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Saviors and Survivors
Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror
Written by Mahmood Mamdani
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $26.95
From the author of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim comes an important book, unlike any other, that looks at the crisis in Darfur within the context of the history of Sudan and examines the world’s response to that crisis.
In Saviors and Survivors, Mahmood Mamdani explains how the conflict in Darfur began... Read more >
Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror
Written by Mahmood Mamdani
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $26.95
From the author of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim comes an important book, unlike any other, that looks at the crisis in Darfur within the context of the history of Sudan and examines the world’s response to that crisis.
In Saviors and Survivors, Mahmood Mamdani explains how the conflict in Darfur began... Read more >
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Saviors and Survivors
Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror
Written by Mahmood Mamdani
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $11.99
From the author of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim comes an important book, unlike any other, that looks at the crisis in Darfur within the context of the history of Sudan and examines the world’s response to that crisis.
In Saviors and Survivors, Mahmood Mamdani explains how the conflict in Darfur began... Read more >
Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror
Written by Mahmood Mamdani
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $11.99
From the author of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim comes an important book, unlike any other, that looks at the crisis in Darfur within the context of the history of Sudan and examines the world’s response to that crisis.
In Saviors and Survivors, Mahmood Mamdani explains how the conflict in Darfur began... Read more >
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Human Rights Watch World Report 2009
Written by Human Rights Watch
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $25.00
Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world’s leader in building a stronger awareness for human rights. Their annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere.
Written in straightforward, non-technical language, Human Rights Watch World Report prioritizes events in the most affected countries during... Read more >
Written by Human Rights Watch
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $25.00
Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world’s leader in building a stronger awareness for human rights. Their annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere.
Written in straightforward, non-technical language, Human Rights Watch World Report prioritizes events in the most affected countries during... Read more >
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After Genocide
Bringing the Devil to Justice
Written by Adam M. Smith
Format: Hardcover, 441 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $27.99
Imagine a criminal justice system that achieves fewer than five convictions per year and spends more than $20 million on each. By some measures, this would make it the least efficient prosecutorial system in recorded history, with the risk of creating rather than deterring more crimes, and one that few victims... Read more >
Bringing the Devil to Justice
Written by Adam M. Smith
Format: Hardcover, 441 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $27.99
Imagine a criminal justice system that achieves fewer than five convictions per year and spends more than $20 million on each. By some measures, this would make it the least efficient prosecutorial system in recorded history, with the risk of creating rather than deterring more crimes, and one that few victims... Read more >
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Madame Prosecutor
Confrontations with Humanity's Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity
Written by Carla Del Ponte and Chuck Sudetic
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: January 20, 2009
Price: $25.95
Carla Del Ponte won international recognition as Switzerland's attorney general when she pursued cases against the Sicilian mafia. In 1999, she answered the United Nations' call to become the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. In her new role, Del Ponte confronted genocide... Read more >
Confrontations with Humanity's Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity
Written by Carla Del Ponte and Chuck Sudetic
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: January 20, 2009
Price: $25.95
Carla Del Ponte won international recognition as Switzerland's attorney general when she pursued cases against the Sicilian mafia. In 1999, she answered the United Nations' call to become the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. In her new role, Del Ponte confronted genocide... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Camelia
Save Yourself by Telling the Truth - A Memoir of Iran
Written by Camelia Entekhabifard
Translated by George Murer
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $16.95
Camelia Entekhabifard was six years old in 1979 when the shah of Iran was overthrown by revolutionary supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini. By the age of sixteen, Camelia was a nationally celebrated poet, and at eighteen she was one of the youngest reformist journalists in Tehran. Just eight years later she... Read more >
Save Yourself by Telling the Truth - A Memoir of Iran
Written by Camelia Entekhabifard
Translated by George Murer
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $16.95
Camelia Entekhabifard was six years old in 1979 when the shah of Iran was overthrown by revolutionary supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini. By the age of sixteen, Camelia was a nationally celebrated poet, and at eighteen she was one of the youngest reformist journalists in Tehran. Just eight years later she... Read more >
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Kafka Comes to America
Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror - A Public Defender's Inside Account
Written by Steven T. Wax
Format: Hardcover, 380 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2008
Price: $25.95
American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award — Winner in the Book category
Independent Publishers — Winner of the Gold Medal in the Autobiography/Memoir category
ForeWord Book of the Year Awards — Winner of the Bronze Medal in the Social Science category
The Eric Hoffer Award - Winner in the Memoir category
A... Read more >
Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror - A Public Defender's Inside Account
Written by Steven T. Wax
Format: Hardcover, 380 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2008
Price: $25.95
American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award — Winner in the Book category
Independent Publishers — Winner of the Gold Medal in the Autobiography/Memoir category
ForeWord Book of the Year Awards — Winner of the Bronze Medal in the Social Science category
The Eric Hoffer Award - Winner in the Memoir category
A... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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China's Great Leap
The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights
Edited by Minky Worden
Photographed by Ladir Van Lohuizen
Introduction by Nicholas Kristof
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
With contributions from some of the most well respected and experienced Chinese writers, journalists, and organizers, China’s Great Leap examines the People’s Republic of China as its government and 1.3 billion people prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. When Beijing first sought the Games, China was still recovering from the upheavals... Read more >
The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights
Edited by Minky Worden
Photographed by Ladir Van Lohuizen
Introduction by Nicholas Kristof
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $18.95
With contributions from some of the most well respected and experienced Chinese writers, journalists, and organizers, China’s Great Leap examines the People’s Republic of China as its government and 1.3 billion people prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. When Beijing first sought the Games, China was still recovering from the upheavals... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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A Field Guide for Female Interrogators
Written by Coco Fusco
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $16.95
The world was shocked by the images that emerged from Abu Ghraib, the US-controlled prison in Iraq. Lynndie England, the young female army officer shown smiling devilishly as she humiliated male prisoners, became first a scapegoat and then a victim who was "just following orders." Ignored were the more elemental questions... Read more >
Written by Coco Fusco
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $16.95
The world was shocked by the images that emerged from Abu Ghraib, the US-controlled prison in Iraq. Lynndie England, the young female army officer shown smiling devilishly as she humiliated male prisoners, became first a scapegoat and then a victim who was "just following orders." Ignored were the more elemental questions... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Corpse Walker
Real Life Stories: China From the Bottom Up
Written by Liao Yiwu
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $12.99
The Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a grave robber, and a Falung Gong practitioner... Read more >
Real Life Stories: China From the Bottom Up
Written by Liao Yiwu
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $12.99
The Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a grave robber, and a Falung Gong practitioner... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Human Rights Watch World Report 2008
Written by Human Rights Watch
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2008
Price: $24.00
Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world’s leader in building a stronger awareness for human rights. Their annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere.
Written in straightforward, non-technical language, Human Rights Watch World Report prioritizes events in the most affected countries during... Read more >
Written by Human Rights Watch
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2008
Price: $24.00
Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world’s leader in building a stronger awareness for human rights. Their annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere.
Written in straightforward, non-technical language, Human Rights Watch World Report prioritizes events in the most affected countries during... Read more >
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The Establishment of Religion Clause
The First Amendment: Its Constitutaional History and The Contemporary Debate
Edited by Alan Brownstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 382 pages
On Sale: July 17, 2007
Price: $19.99
Unlike many areas of constitutional law, there is very little settled doctrine interpreting the Establishment Clause. Not only is the case law in flux and inconsistent, but scholars disagree on virtually every issue addressed in legal commentary. Put simply, there is no consensus on what the Establishment Clause means.
Because this... Read more >
The First Amendment: Its Constitutaional History and The Contemporary Debate
Edited by Alan Brownstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 382 pages
On Sale: July 17, 2007
Price: $19.99
Unlike many areas of constitutional law, there is very little settled doctrine interpreting the Establishment Clause. Not only is the case law in flux and inconsistent, but scholars disagree on virtually every issue addressed in legal commentary. Put simply, there is no consensus on what the Establishment Clause means.
Because this... Read more >
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Democracy Detained
Secret Unconstitutional Practices in the U.S. War on Terror
Written by Barbara Olshansky
Introduction by Nat Hentoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2007
Price: $18.95
Democracy Detained exposes the deplorable secret crimes committed by the Bush administration in their war on terror. Prominent legal activist Barbara Olshansky documents the assault on our constitutional democracy since 9/11, meticulously analyzing the unlawful justifications made by the U.S. government for covert actions at home and abroad. She reports on... Read more >
Secret Unconstitutional Practices in the U.S. War on Terror
Written by Barbara Olshansky
Introduction by Nat Hentoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2007
Price: $18.95
Democracy Detained exposes the deplorable secret crimes committed by the Bush administration in their war on terror. Prominent legal activist Barbara Olshansky documents the assault on our constitutional democracy since 9/11, meticulously analyzing the unlawful justifications made by the U.S. government for covert actions at home and abroad. She reports on... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
