Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People The Dynamics of Torture

Name: Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People The Dynamics of Torture
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ISBN: 9780679419181

ISBN-10: 0679419187

ISBN-13: 9780679419181

Edition: 2000

Authors: John Conroy

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A compelling investigation of three incidents of torture in the Western world and what they tell us about how ordinary people can become torturers, about the rationalizations societies adopt to justify torture, about the potential in each of us for acting unspeakably. Using firsthand interviews, official documents, and newspaper accounts, John Conroy examines interrogation practices in a Chicago police station, two raids conducted by the Israeli army, and the case of Northern Ireland's "hooded men," who were tortured by British forces. He takes us inside the experience of the victim, the mind of the torturer, and the seeming indifference of the bystander. In the spirit of Hannah…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/21/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 9.75" wide x 6.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Introduction


Belfast: The Five Techniques


Israel: Night of the Broken Clubs


Chicago: Getting Confessions


History and Method


Belfast: "No Brutality of Any Kind"


Israel: A Dangerous Report


Chicago: "The Pain Stays in Your Head"


Torturers


Belfast: Ireland vs. the U.K.


Israel: The Court-Martial


Chicago: Informants


Victims


Belfast: Life Sentences


Israel: "The Next Step Is to God"


Chicago: The Public Is Not Aroused


Bystanders


Bibliographical Note


Acknowledgments


Index