United States and Torture Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse

Name: United States and Torture Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse
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ISBN: 9780814769829

ISBN-10: 0814769829

ISBN-13: 9780814769829

Edition: 2012

Authors: Marjorie Cohn, Marjorie Cohn

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Torture has been a topic of national discussion ever since it was revealed that “enhanced interrogation techniques” had been authorized as part of the war on terror.The United States and Tortureprovides us with 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. The book opens with a compelling preface by Sister Dianna Ortiz, who describes the unimaginable treatment she endured in Guatemala in 1987 at the hands of the United States, who was supporting that country’s dictatorship. Following Ortiz’s preface,…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 4/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Marjorie Cohnï¿½ is a 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 . ï¿½