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U.S. military detention operations in post-Abu Ghraib Iraq
- Title
- U.S. military detention operations in post-Abu Ghraib Iraq / Jeffrey Meriwether.
- Author
- Meriwether, Jeffrey
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
- ©2018
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- Description
- xix, 158 pages : chart; 24 cm
- Summary
- Detention operations are vital to U.S. military doctrine and crucial to the success of combat and recovery missions. U.S. Military Detention Operations in Post-Abu Ghraib Iraq shows that the image of abuse from Abu Ghraib was but one small, harmful element in an overwhelmingly successful detention mission in Iraq. It focuses on the subsequent developments and successes, explaining the standard rule-of-law approach taken by the U.S. military and examining the work in Iraq of such leaders as Major General John D. Gardner and Major General Douglas M. Stone. Overall, the text moves away from the Abu Ghraib scandal to illuminate a largely unknown successful development in U.S. detention operations. Following the Abu Ghraib scandal of 2003-2004, the U.S. Department of Defense scrambled to recover its reputation and that of its troops. As the Bush administration sought to redefine torture, military judge advocates consistently challenged such moves, arguing in favor of the Geneva Conventions' humanitarian practices. By 2006, Department of Defense policy stipulated full respect for and use of the Geneva Conventions. This development was indeed a victory for American support for rule of law in Iraq, as well as an affirmation of standard practices in the detention command, Task Force 134. Pressures of war, however, continued to present their own challenges--back cover.
- Alternative Title
- United States military detention operations in post-Abu Ghraib Iraq
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-153) and index.
- Contents
- Bibliographic essay -- The way backward -- Abu Ghraib : Here beginneth the lesson -- Major General John D. Gardener and the shift at TF-134 -- One determined man : Major General Douglas M. Stone -- After SOFA : net negative, net positive, or net zero? -- Conclusion : Reality and other perceptions.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-3220
- ISBN
- 9781442272330
- 1442272333
- LCCN
- 2018000110
- OCLC
- 1005697513
- Author
- Meriwether, Jeffrey, author.
- Title
- U.S. military detention operations in post-Abu Ghraib Iraq / Jeffrey Meriwether.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-153) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Meriwether, Jeffrey. U.S. military detention operations in post-Abu Ghraib Iraq. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 9781442272347 (DLC) 2018000668
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-3220