Torture and democracy

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.