Leaving Guantanamo: How One Country Brought its Men Home from the Forever Prison

Name: Leaving Guantanamo: How One Country Brought its Men Home from the Forever Prison
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781009681377
Price: 403.52 HKD
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Author: Eric L. Lewis
ISBN: 9781009681377

By Eric L. Lewis

Cambridge University Press February 2026

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ISBN-13: 9781009681377
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: February 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This multilayered work follows a group of Guantanamo detainees from a single Middle Eastern country, Kuwait, portraying their lives before their capture, to their experience at Guantanamo, to their ultimate release and the lives they have been challenged in remaking after returning home. It is an intimate look at real men held for years without charge and without hope. Eric L. Lewis has represented Guantanamo detainees for more than twenty years and he conducted the hearings that gained the release of the last two Kuwaiti 'forever prisoners.' As part of a committed team, he spent time with these men and their families, fighting to gain access to courts and navigating the politics and diplomacy of the Global War on Terror. As well as telling the story of his time with the Guantanamo detainees, Lewis also analyzes how Guantanamo has changed American law and culture, and how its legacy continues today.

1. The long journey beyond the rule of law.

2. Why should Kuwait be different?

3. Strategizing In a new world – navigating the new paradigm

4. The rules of the road – the lower courts define a narrow path

5. Twelve men

6. The final four – Habeas hearings for the last four Kuwaiti detainees

7. The United States Government re-engages

8. The first PRB

9. And then there was one

10. Lessons learned

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