How the Gloves Came Off : : Lawyers, Policy Makers, and Norms in the Debate on Torture / / Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault.
The treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, Guantánamo Bay, and far-flung CIA "black sites" after the attacks of 9/11 included cruelty that defied legal and normative prohibitions in U.S. and international law. The antitorture stance of the United States was brushed aside. Since then,...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Part One. Background
- 1. Introduction
- 2. History of Pow Treatment in The United States
- 3. Modern Pow Treatment in The United States
- Part Two. Evolution of Norms around Pow Treatment
- 4. Pow Treatment and Lawyers
- 5. Pow Treatment and Policy Makers
- 6. Pow Treatment and Interrogators
- Part Three. Conclusion
- 7. Implications and Recommendations
- Appendix A: Who's Who
- Appendix B: Timeline of Major Events
- Appendix C: Acronyms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index