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American methods : torture and the logic of domination / Kristian Williams.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Williams, Kristian.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Torture--United States.
Torture.
Political persecution.
United States.
Torture--Government policy--United States.
Torture--Government policy.
Power (Social sciences)--United States.
Power (Social sciences).
Prisoners--Abuse of--United States.
Prisoners.
Prisoners--Abuse of.
Political persecution--United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Prisoners and prisons, American.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
United States--Foreign relations.
International relations.
Physical Description:
279 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : South End Press, [2006]
Contents:
Introduction: Beyond scandal
Inside Abu Ghraib
A "new paradigm"
Ethics and emergencies
Torture and empire
Homeland brutality
Tools of the trade
The centrality of rape
Conclusion: Torture, terror, and the state.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-267) and index.
ISBN:
0896087530
OCLC:
63164944
Publisher Number:
9780896087538

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