Civilizing torture: an American tradition

The pilgrims and merchants who first came to America from Europe professed an intention to create a society free of the barbarism of Old World tyranny and New World savagery. But over the centuries Americans have turned to torture during moments of crisis at home and abroad and have debated its legi...

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Main Author: Brundage, William Fitzhugh 1959- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Online Access: Blurb
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 21 A 135
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Keywords:
Torture > History > United States
Torture > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
JUSTIFICATION (Ethics)
Torture > United States > History
USA > Folter > Geschichte > USA > Folter > Geschichte
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