Anatomy of Torture / / Ron E. Hassner.
Does torture "work?" Can controversial techniques such as waterboarding extract crucial and reliable intelligence? Since 9/11, this question has been angrily debated in the halls of power and the court of public opinion. In Anatomy of Torture, Ron E. Hassner mines the archives of the Spani...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 HOW LITTLE WE KNOW ABOUT TORTURE
- 2 THREE MYTHS ABOUT THE SPANISH INQUISITION
- 3 LEARNING TO TORTURE Ciudad Real (1484–1515)
- 4 CORRELATES OF TORTURE Toledo (1575–1610)
- 5 EXPLORATORY TORTURE Mexico City (1589–1591)
- 6 CORROBORATIVE TORTURE Mexico City (1594–1601)
- 7 LESSONS FROM THE SPANISH INQUISITION
- Epilogue ETHICS AND THE STUDY OF TORTURE
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index