Leaving Guantanamo

Eric L. Lewis has represented detainees at Guantanamo Bay for more than two decades, including leading the legal hearings that secured the release of the final two Kuwaiti “forever prisoners” — detainees who were not charged with a crime, but were considered too dangerous to release. Leaving Guantanamo (Cambridge University Press) follows a group of Kuwaiti detainees before their capture, through the years of their imprisonment, and into the challenging process of readjusting to civilian life. With an unparalleled insider perspective, Lewis explores the legal, political, and diplomatic machinery behind the War on Terror, simultaneously reflecting on Guantanamo’s lasting impacts on American law and culture.