Chain of command : the road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib /

Hersh, Seymour M.,

Chain of command : the road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib / Seymour M. Hersh. - First edition. - xix, 394 pages : maps ; 24 cm

"Portions of this book were previously published, in somewhat different form, in The New Yorker"--Title page verso. Maps on end papers. Includes index.



"Seymour M. Hersh brings together reporting, along with new revelations, to answer the critical question of the last three years: how did America get from the clear morning when hijackers crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon to a divisive and dirty war in Iraq?" "In Chain of Command, Hersh takes an unflinching look behind the public story of President Bush's "war on terror" and into the lies and obsessions that led America into Iraq"--Jacket.

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Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006.


Abu Ghraib Prison.
Abu Ghraib Prison.
Abu Ghraib Prison (Baghdad)
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


2001-2011


Iraq War, 2003-2011--Prisoners and prisons, American.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Atrocities.
Prisoners of war--Abuse of--United States.
Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Terrorism--Government policy--United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
89.58 political violence.
15.85 history of America.
Atrocities.
Military relations.
Prisoners of war--Abuse of.
Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc.
Terrorism--Government policy.
Terrorismus

Irakkrieg
Kriegsgefangener
Misshandlung
Terrorisme.
Oorlogsmisdaden.
11 September 2001.
Golfoorlog (2003)
Prisoners of war, Iraqi--United States.
89.58 political violence.
15.85 history of America.
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES.
MILITARY ACTIVITY.
UNITED STATES.
IRAQ.
TERRORISM.
TERRORIST ATTACKS (11 SEPTEMBER 2001)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE (Cuba)
MIDDLE EAST.
POLITICAL CONDITIONS.


United States--Military relations--Iraq.
Iraq.
United States.
USA.

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