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Civilizing torture : an American tradition /

The pilgrims and merchants who first came to America from Europe professed an intention to create a society free of the barbarism of Old World tyranny and New World savagery. But over the centuries Americans have turned to torture during moments of crisis at home and abroad and have debated its legi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brundage, W. Fitzhugh (William Fitzhugh), 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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