Talking about torture: how political discourse shapes the debate
Preface -- Introduction -- The torture word -- The heartbreak of acknowledgment : from Metropolitan Detention Center to Abu Ghraib -- Isolating incidents -- Sadism on the night shift : accounting for Abu Ghraib -- "Honor bound" : the political legacy of Guantanamo -- The toxicity of tortur...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Columbia Univ. Press
2015
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In: | Year: 2015 |
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Summary: | Preface -- Introduction -- The torture word -- The heartbreak of acknowledgment : from Metropolitan Detention Center to Abu Ghraib -- Isolating incidents -- Sadism on the night shift : accounting for Abu Ghraib -- "Honor bound" : the political legacy of Guantanamo -- The toxicity of torture : waterboarding and the debate about "enhanced interrogation" -- From "enhanced interrogation" to drones : U.S. counterterrorism and the legacy of torture |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Physical Description: | XVIII, 276 S. Ill. 24 cm |
ISBN: | 9780231170925 0231170920 |