Exposing Torture: Centuries of Cruelty Contributor(s): Marcovitz, Hal (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467750492 ISBN-13: 9781467750493 Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm) OUR PRICE: $32.92 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see Also Social - Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Violence - Young Adult Nonfiction | Law & Crime |
Dewey: 364.67 |
LCCN: 2014003211 |
Lexile Measure: 1230 |
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.51" W x 7.85" (0.77 lbs) 112 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Torture. According to Henry Shue, professor of politics and international relations at the University of Oxford in England, No other practice except slavery is so universally condemned in law and human convention. Yet, unlike slavery...torture is widespread and growing. Why is torture so common? Is it an unavoidable component of human psychology? |