Torture in the national security imagination
Auteur :
Athey, Stephanie
Éditeur :
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN :
9781517913281
Date de publication :
23 janv. 2024
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
454 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Drawing on examples from news to military reports, legal writing, and activist media, Athey shows that torture must be seen as a colonial legacy with a corporate future, highlighting the centrality of torture to the American empire—including its role in colonial settlement, American Indian boarding schools, and police violence.