Violence all around / John Sifton.
Violence all around / John Sifton.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2015.
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G 2016/1615
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English
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Physical content
xii, 323 pages ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Preface -- Deeds -- The desert of the real -- Continent and conquest -- Violence and distance -- The limits of remote violence -- Words -- The theater of force -- Defining violence -- Torture -- The violence of nonviolence -- Outrage -- Terror as justice -- Change -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Inde...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
A human rights lawyer travels to hot zones around the globe, before and after the September 11 attacks, to document abuses committed by warlords, terrorist groups, and government counterterrorism forces. Whether reporting on al Qaeda safe houses, the mechanics of the Pentagon's smartest bombs, his interviews with politicians and ordinary civilians,...
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Violence all around / John Sifton.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2015
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G 2016/1615
Record Identifier
74VKVPa6Z5Nb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVPa6Z5Nb
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ISBN
9780674057692 (alk. paper)
DDC
303.6
MMS ID
991023993309502626
