Format:
XXIII, 849 S
ISBN:
9780691143330
,
9780691114224
Content:
Introduction -- Modern torture and its observers -- Torture and democracy -- Lights, heat, and sweat -- Whips and water -- Bathtubs -- Shock -- Magnetos -- Currents -- Singing the world electric -- Prods, tasers, and stun guns -- Stun city -- Sticks and bones -- Water, sleep, and spice -- Stress and duress -- Forced standing and other positions -- Fists and exercises -- Old and new restraints -- Noise -- Drugs and doctors -- Supply and demand for clean torture -- Does torture work? -- What the apologists say -- Why governments don't learn -- The great age of torture in modern memory
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Folter
;
Politische Verfolgung
;
Demokratie
;
Geschichte 1945-
;
USA
;
Frankreich
;
Großbritannien
;
Politik
;
Geschichte