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David Rose

David Rose is a writer and investigative journalist. His work appears in the Observer and Vanity Fair. Among his books are A Climate of Fear (1992) and In the Name of the Law (Vintage, 1996)

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Guantánamo: America's war on human rights

The experience of the hundreds of men incarcerated on a United States military base on the eastern tip of Cuba contains important truths about the “war on terror”, writes David Rose in an exclusive extract from his new book, “Guantánamo”.

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