{"product_id":"kafka-comes-to-america-isbn-9781590512951","title":"Kafka Comes to America","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmerican Bar Association Silver Gavel Award — Winner in the Book category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIndependent  Publishers — Winner of the Gold Medal in the Autobiography\/Memoir category       \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eForeWord Book of the Year Awards — Winner of the Bronze Medal in the Social Science  category \u003cbr\u003e The Eric Hoffer Award - Winner in the Memoir category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA public defender’ s dedicated struggle to rescue two innocent men from the recent Kafkaesque practices  of our vandalized justice system\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Our government can make you disappear.” Those  were the words Steven Wax never imagined he would hear himself say. In his twenty-nine  years as a public defender, Wax had never had to warn a client that he or she might  be taken away to a military brig, or worse, a “black site,” one of our country’s  dreaded secret prisons. How had our country come to this? The disappearance of people  happens in places ruled by tyrants, military juntas, fascist strongmen—governments  with such contempt for the rule of law that they strip their citizens of all rights.  But in America?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Under the current Bush administration, not only are the civil rights  of foreigners in jeopardy, but those of U.S. citizens. Wax interweaves the stories  of two men that he and his team represented: Brandon Mayfield, an American-born small  town lawyer and family man, arrested as a suspected terrorist in the Madrid train  station bombings after a fingerprint was incorrectly traced back to him by the FBI;  and Adel Hamad, a Sudanese hospital administrator taken from his apartment to a Pakistani  prison and then flown in chains to the United States military prison in Guantanamo  Bay, Cuba. Kafka Comes to America reveals where and how our civil liberties have  been eroded for a false security, and how each of us can make a difference. If these  events could happen to Brandon Mayfield and Adel Hamad, they can happen to anyone.  It could happen to us. It could happen to you.\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eContents\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue……………………………………………………………………...3\u003cbr\u003eChapter One:  Footprints in the Carpet………………………………………6\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: “Portland Lawyer Arrested!”………………………………...13\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: A Cry for Help from Guantanamo………………………….29\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Innocence is Irrelevant……………………………………...48\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: Seized and Disappeared……………………………………..58\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: From September 11 to Guantanamo Bay……………………..76\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven: The Matching of Latent Print # 17………...........................96\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight: A Lonely Battle…………………………………………….105\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine: Feeding Refugees and Teaching Orphans…………………..126\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten: The Unconscionable Detention of Adel Hamad…………..…146\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven: the Seeds of Mercy……………………………………….158\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve: A Life Exposed………………………………..................171\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirteen: The Ice Man………………………………….................180\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fourteen: Something to Hide……………………………………...193\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fifteen: The Cavalry is Coming…………………………………...206\u003cbr\u003eChapter Sixteen: The DTA and the Second Rebuke………………………..223\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seventeen: Homeland Security……………………………………242\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eighteen: Proffer and Immunity…………………………………..251\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nineteen: Catch 22…..…………………………………………….265\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty: The Road to Kabul.....................................................278\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty One: Defenders in the War Zones…………..……………294\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty Two: Spanish Truths\/American Lies……………………..306\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty Three: Mayfield: The Aftermath…………………………323\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty Four: The MCA and the Third Stall……………………...345\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty Five: The Dark Winter…………………………………...359\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty Six: Tea with the Ministers in Sudan ………………........374\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty Seven: The Final Round for Adel………………………..392\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty Eight: The Fight for Freedom is Never Won…………….410\u003cbr\u003ePostscript………..…………………………………………………………417\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements………………………………………………………..421\u003cbr\u003eNotes………………………………………………………………….423“In an enthralling, enraging narrative, Wax captures the damage that Guantánamo has done to America’s reputation abroad, and shows how the legal fights on behalf of detainees might restore it.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is an ingenious book...a compelling story of two men wrongly imprisoned, and a legal system that makes it no easy thing to help them.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Federal public defender Wax masterfully delivers a harrowing story of the erosion of civil liberties after the September 11 terrorist attacks in a powerful testimony that reads like a thriller...Wax offers personal insight and professional outrage; his is a powerful voice that deserves to reach all Americans.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Those interested in an inside account of how attorneys represent unpopular clients will learn a great deal from the behind-the-scenes strategy sessions detailed here…offers important insights into what can happen when overzealous prosecutors believe that the ends justify any means.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A grand and important must read for anyone questioning the protection of our civil liberties.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Midwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Steven Wax’s office has done some of the best work of any lawyers when it comes to exposing the truth about prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. It is important for the international community to take notice of this eloquently told account.” —Clive Stafford Smith, Founder and Legal Director of Reprieve (UK) and author of \u003ci\u003eEight O’Clock Ferry to the Windward Side\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“Steven Wax vividly portrays how chillingly close we have come to forsaking our foundational beliefs of justice and liberty. Precisely because he is devoted to deeply-held American values, this book has the power to promote effective activism against a government that has lost its way. Wax writes with authority, both moral and legal.” —Kris Olson, U.S. Attorney for Oregon (1994-2001) and author of \u003ci\u003eStanding Tall\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Some day, the United States will leave its post-9\/11 cave. But principles wither with prolonged disuse, and if we emerge with ours intact, it will be in some measure because of courageous lawyers like Steven Wax.” —Joseph Margulies, author of \u003ci\u003eGuantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Wax’s true story is heart-wrenching and as scary as any fictional thriller. This is a must read for anyone who cares about maintaining the freedoms that make this country great.” —Phillip Margolin, author of \u003ci\u003eExecutive Privilege\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Wax\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven Wax is in his sixth term as the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon. A cum laude graduate of Colgate University and Harvard Law School, he was a key part of the Brooklyn, N.Y. District Attorney's prosecution of David Berkowitz, a.k.a.\"The Son of Sam.\" Wax and his team are currently representing seven men held as \"enemy combatants\"; in Guantanamo. He has taught at the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College, serves as an ethics prosecutor for the Oregon State Bar, and lectures throughout the country.","brand":"Other Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302240407781,"sku":"NP9781590512951","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590512951.jpg?v=1767730608","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/kafka-comes-to-america-isbn-9781590512951","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}