How the gloves came off : lawyers, policy makers, and norms in the debate on torture /

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"The treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, Guantánamo Bay, and far-flung CIA 'black sites' after the attacks of 9/11 included cruelty that defied legal and normative prohibitions in U.S. and international law. The antitorture stance of the United States was brushed aside. Sinc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arsenault, Elizabeth Grimm (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Colección:Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare.
Temas:
Torture > Government policy > United States.
Prisoners of war > United States > History.
HISTORY > Military > Afghan War (2001- )
Prisoners of war
Torture > Government policy
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • History of POW treatment in the United States: from the Revolutionary War to the Korean War
  • Modern POW treatment in the United States: the Vietnam War, the Geneva Conventions, and the pre-9/11 era
  • POW treatment and lawyers
  • POW treatment and policy makers
  • POW treatment and interrogators
  • Implications and recommendations.

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