The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse Contributor(s): Cohn, Marjorie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814717322 ISBN-13: 9780814717325 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Human Rights - History | United States - 20th Century - History | United States - 21st Century |
Dewey: 364.670 |
LCCN: 2010027843 |
Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.36" W x 9.24" (1.40 lbs) 356 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Waterboarding. Sleep deprivation. Sensory manipulation. Stress positions. Over the last several years, these and other methods of torture have become garden variety words for practically anyone who reads about current events in a newspaper or blog. We know exactly what they are, how to administer them, and, disturbingly, that they were secretly authorized by the Bush Administration in its efforts to extract information from people detained in its war on terror. What we lack, however, is a larger lens through which to view America's policy of torture -- one that dissects America's long relationship with interrogation and torture, which roots back to the 1950s and has been applied, mostly in secret, to "enemies," ever since. How did America come to embrace this practice so fully, and how was it justified from a moral, legal, and psychological perspective? |
Contributor Bio(s): Cohn, Marjorie: - Marjorie Cohn is Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Her books include The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse; Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law; and Cameras in the Courtroom: Television and the Pursuit of Justice. marjoriecohn.com @marjoriecohn |