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 |
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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. |