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BL
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636523
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| Main Entry
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Wittes, Benjamin
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| Title & Author
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Detention and denial : : the case for candor after Guantánamo /\ Benjamin Wittes
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, c2011
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x, 160 p. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780815704911 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 0815704917 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p.147-151) and index
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| Contents
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Current U.S. policy -- The mythology and reality of preventive detention in the United States -- The emerging law of detention -- The problems that denial cannot solve -- The case for candor -- Conclusion
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| Abstract
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"Discusses the legal, political, and moral ramifications of the current U.S. approach to handling detention of terrorist suspects and reviews in particular the historical and current uses of preventive detention under American law in arguing for a formal, statutory system of rules to govern detention in the context of counterterrorism operations"--Provided by publisher
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Terrorism-- Prevention-- Law and legislation-- United States
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Detention of persons-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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343.73/01541
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| LC Classification
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KF9430.W578 2011
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KF9430.W578 2011
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