Inside Gitmo, Gordon Cucullu
Inside Gitmo, Gordon Cucullu
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Inside Gitmo
The True Story Behind the Myths of Guantanamo Bay

Author: Gordon Cucullu

Narrator: Damon Abdallah

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 12/09/2011


Synopsis

We have repeatedly been told that the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay - known to the public as Gitmo - is a scene of medieval horrors where innocent farmers and goatherds swept up in Afghanistan and Iraq have been sequestered, tortured and abused for years on end without access to legal counsel or basic medical services. Gordon Cucullu, a retired Army Colonel, was so appalled by these reports that he decided to make a series of visits to Gitmo to see for himself. He visited every corner of the camp and interviewed dozens of personnel from guards and interrogators to cooks and nurses. The resulting book is a clear and careful description of a well-run military installation displaying a high degree of commitment and professionalism at every level. While it is undoubtedly the case that some prisoners were treated harshly in the early days, when the hastily built camp was flooded with battlefield captures and fears ran high of another 9/11-style attack, Cucullu believes that these excesses were quickly corrected and treatment and oversight routines instituted that exceed the standards of any maximum-security prison in the world. Far from the bucket of blood we have been led to expect, Gitmo is an installation of which Americans deserve to be proud.

About Gordon Cucullu

Gordon Cucullu is a retired army colonel and the author of Separated at Birth: How North Korea Became the Evil Twin. He lives in St. Augustine, Florida.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on June 05, 2024

A REASONED AND BASICALLY “SUPPORTIVE” VIEW OF THE FACILITY Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel wrote in the Preface to this 2009 book, “If detainees are indeed prosecuted in U.S. courts, the issue of evidentiary standards looms large, as does the handline of classified intelligence data. The battlefield......more

Goodreads review by RICK "SHAQ" on April 23, 2023

RICK “SHAQ” GOLDSTEIN SAYS: “A MUST READ FOR ANYONE WITH AN OPINION ON… OR A QUESTION ABOUT GITMO!” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like most people in the world… all I had heard about was the horrendous treatment of prisoners at Gitmo. As an honorably dis......more

Goodreads review by Skirmantė on February 02, 2019

Jau kurį laiką ieškau kitos knygos apie Guantanamo bazę, norimos neradau, bet aptikau šitą ir nutariau pabandyti. Skaitėsi ne itin lengvai, bet su pertraukomis pagaliau šią knygą įveikiau. Tai daug įdomių faktų apie Guantanamo bazę (kalėjimą) atskleidžiantis kūrinys, čia pasakojama ir apie bazės ist......more

Goodreads review by Harry L. Borger on November 16, 2021

Inside Gitmo is a well written documentation of the notorious prison camp in Cuba. It covers not only the historical perspective but nearly every other aspect of Gitmo. Reading it gave me a whole new perspective of the importance of Gitmo.......more

Goodreads review by NET7 on July 22, 2022

I'm amazed at what US troops at Guantanamo had to go through from the inmates, dangerous Al Qaeda terrorists who were treated with white gloves while our guards were smeared by the media and the politicians who should have had their back. The terrorists told guards that they would tell their Al Qaed......more