Civilizing torture : an American tradition / W. Fitzhugh Brundage.
Civilizing torture : an American tradition / W. Fitzhugh Brundage.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
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G 2019/2442
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English
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407 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction. A question of civilization -- The manners of barbarians -- Discipline in a young democracy -- Cruelty and the paradox of slave property -- Torture in the brothers' war -- Imperialist excesses -- Police station trespasses -- Cold War brutality -- The enemy within.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
The pilgrims and merchants who first came to America from Europe professed an intention to create a society free of the barbarism of Old World tyranny and New World savagery. But over the centuries Americans have turned to torture during moments of crisis at home and abroad and have debated its legitimacy in defense of law and order. From the India...
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Civilizing torture : an American tradition / W. Fitzhugh Brundage.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-391) and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/2442
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74VKVxpNky8Z
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0674737660 hardcover alkaline paper
9780674737662 hardcover alkaline paper
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363.254
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991024244715502626
