Article: The Trials of Abu Ghraib: An Expert Witness Account of Shame and Honor.(Book review)

The Trials of Abu Ghraib: An Expert Witness Account of Shame and Honor. By S. G. Mestrovic. Boulder, Colo.: Paradigm Publishers, 2006.235 pages. $22.95.

This book is one of at least eight about Abu Ghraib now in print, with more on the way. Mestrovic's book, based on his experiences as an expert witness for the defense in three courts-martial relating to Abu Ghraib, repeats and extends the view of Abu Ghraib expressed in most of the other works. According to this view, primary responsibility for the abuses at Abu Ghraib does not lay with the few low-ranking soldiers who are seen in the infamous photos. Instead, it is the high-ranking government and military ...

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