Politics of torture, the
Auteur :
Lightcap, T.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349295524
Date de publication :
9 août 2011
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Why did the United States begin to torture detainees during the War on Terror? These ideas are tested using comparative historical narratives drawn from two cases where torture was adopted - the War on Terror and the Stalinist Terror - and one where it was not - the Mexican War.