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Torture and democracy
Torture and democracy
Author
Rejali, Darius M
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication Date
c2007
Language
English
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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.
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Subjects
Subjects
American Government
Civil rights
Civil rights -- Iraq -- 2003
Electronic books
Government policy
Judicial Branch
Penology
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- Judicial Branch
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology
Torture
Torture -- Government policy
Torture -- Iraq -- 2003
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ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN
9780691143330
9780691114224
9781400830879
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