Guantánamo diary

Resource Information

The work Guantánamo diary represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Guantánamo diary

Statement of responsibility

Mohamedou Ould Slahi ; edited by Larry Siems

Creator

• Slahi, Mohamedou Ould

Contributor

• Siems, Larry

Subject

• Mauritanians -- Cuba | Guantánamo Bay Naval Base -- Diaries
• Political prisoners -- Cuba | Guantánamo Bay Naval Base -- Diaries
• Political prisoners -- United States -- Diaries
• Prisoners of war -- United States -- Diaries
• Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp -- Biography
• War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Biography
• Slahi, Mohamedou Ould -- Diaries

Genre

• Diaries
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered released by a federal judge, the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans to let him go. Three years into his captivity Slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into U.S. custody and daily life as a detainee. His diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir--terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious. Published now for the first time, GUANTÁNAMO DIARY is a document of immense historical importance"--

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

958.104/77

Index

no index present

LC call number

HV9468.5.S58

LC item number

A3 2015

Literary form

non fiction