Established as America's first foreign naval base following the Spanish-American War\, Guantanamo is now more often thought of as our Devil's Island\, the gulag of our times. Guantanamo\, USA by Stephen Schwab takes readers beyond the orange-jumpsuited detainees of today's headlines to provide the first comprehensive history of Guantanamo from its origins to the present. Stephen Schwab is a former senior analyst for the CIA's South America Division and now teaches history at the University of Alabama.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T104647Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100117T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100117T190000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/robert-crais-first-rule URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/robert-crais-first-rule SUMMARY:Robert Crais - First Rule DESCRIPTION:Frank and Cindy Meyer had the American dream--until the day a professional robbery crew invaded their home and murdered everyone inside. Before his family\, business\, and oh-so-normal life\, a younger Frank Meyer worked as a professional mercenary… with a man named Joe Pike. The police believe Frank was a criminal\, robbed for large stashes of cash or drugs\, but Pike does not\, and with the help of Elvis Cole\, he sets out to clear his friend… and punish the people who murdered him. They are about to learn the first rule. Don't make Pike mad. Robert Crais is the author of the best-selling Elvis Cole novels. Previously\, he wrote scripts for such major television series as "\;Hill Street Blues\,"\; "\;Cagney &\; Lacey\,"\; and "\;Miami Vice\,"\; and is most pround of his four-hour NBC miniseries\, "\;Cross of Fire."\;
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