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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brundage, W. Fitzhugh (William Fitzhugh), 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Torture > United States > History.
Torture > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Justification (Ethics)
Justification (Morale)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
HISTORY / United States / General
Torture
Torture > Moral and ethical aspects
Folter
United States
USA
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A question of civilization
  • The manners of barbarians
  • Discipline in a young democracy
  • Cruelty and the paradox of slave property
  • Torture in the brothers' war
  • Imperialist excesses
  • Police station trespasses
  • Cold War brutality
  • The enemy within.

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