The General: The Ordinary Man Who Challenged Guantanamo

A revelatory and necessary survival memoir of five years of illegal detainment and torture in Guantánamo Bay

On September 11, 2001, in a café in London, Ahmed Errachidi watched as the twin towers collapsed. He was appalled by the loss of innocent life. But he couldn't possibly have predicted how much of his own life he too would lose because of that day. In a series of terrible events, Ahmed was sold by the Pakistanis to the Americans in the diplomatic lounge at Islamabad airport and spent f...