Anthropologists in a War Zone: Scholars Debate Their Role

By DAVID GLENN

Lawrence, Kan.

In 2002, Britt Damon was an Army reservist assigned to guard detainees at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station. At the time, he had eight years of experience as a military police officer, and he was slowly piling up credits toward a bachelor's degree in criminology.

Guantánamo...