The torture and prisoner abuse debate /

Revelations about U.S. torture and prisoner abuse in blatant violation of the long-established and universally recognized Geneva Conventions have horrified most Americans. Nevertheless, it has been argued that the high stakes of the War on Terror have made the protections offered by the Conventions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finley, Laura L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
Colección:Historical guides to controversial issues in America.
Temas:
Torture > United States.
Political prisoners > Abuse of > United States.
Torture > États-Unis.
Violence envers les prisonniers politiques > États-Unis.
Prisonniers politiques > Violence envers > États-Unis.
Political prisoners > Abuse of
Torture
Politischer Gefangener
Folter
Misshandlung
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Revelations about U.S. torture and prisoner abuse in blatant violation of the long-established and universally recognized Geneva Conventions have horrified most Americans. Nevertheless, it has been argued that the high stakes of the War on Terror have made the protections offered by the Conventions obsolete, or that the abuses are the work of a few rogue soldiers and officers. This book reaches past the headlines into the historical record to document POW torture and also domestic prisoner abuse dating well back in our history as well as government and military knowledge of and collusion in su.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (187 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-179) and index.
ISBN:0313342938
9780313342936
1282340905
9781282340909
9786612340901
6612340908
ISSN:1541-0021

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