Uncle Sam's Policemen : : The Pursuit of Fugitives across Borders / / Katherine Unterman.

Extraordinary rendition-abducting criminal suspects around the world-has been criticized as an unprecedented expansion of U.S. policing. But America's pursuit of fugitives beyond its borders predates the Global War on Terror. Katherine Unterman shows that the extension of manhunts into foreign...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 8 halftones
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction: Crimes of Mobility --
1. The Embezzlement Epidemic --
2. Detectives without Borders --
3. An Empire of Justice --
4. Extradition Havens --
5. Asylum No More --
6. Camouflaged Extradition --
7. From the Pinkertons to the FBI --
Epilogue: How Rendition Became Extraordinary --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
Summary:Extraordinary rendition-abducting criminal suspects around the world-has been criticized as an unprecedented expansion of U.S. policing. But America's pursuit of fugitives beyond its borders predates the Global War on Terror. Katherine Unterman shows that the extension of manhunts into foreign lands formed an important chapter in American empire.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674495067
9783110439687
9783110438635
9783110665901
DOI:10.4159/9780674495067
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Katherine Unterman.