Civilizing Torture : : An American Tradition / / W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

Over the centuries Americans have turned to torture during moments of crisis, and have debated its legitimacy and efficacy in defense of law and order. Tracing these historical attempts to adapt torture to democratic values, Fitzhugh Brundage reveals the recurring struggle over what limits Americans...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Introduction. A Question of Civilization --   |t 1. The Manners of Barbarians --   |t 2. Discipline in a Young Democracy --   |t 3. Cruelty and the Paradox of Slave Property --   |t 4. Torture in the Brothers’ War --   |t 5. Imperialist Excesses --   |t 6. Police Station Trespasses --   |t 7. Cold War Brutality --   |t 8. The Enemy Within --   |t Notes --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Illustration Credits --   |t Index 
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650 0 |a Justification (Ethics). 
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653 |a Andersonville. 
653 |a Anti-Imperialists. 
653 |a Bush. 
653 |a CIA. 
653 |a Geneva Conventions. 
653 |a George Brandle. 
653 |a Guantanamo Bay. 
653 |a Jon Burge. 
653 |a Korean War. 
653 |a McKinley. 
653 |a My Lai. 
653 |a POWs. 
653 |a Philippines War. 
653 |a Reagan. 
653 |a Third Degree. 
653 |a Vietnam War. 
653 |a enhanced interrogation. 
653 |a exceptionalism. 
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