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Civilizing Torture: An American Tradition

W. Fitzhugh Brundage

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Civilizing Torture: An American Tradition

Civilizing Torture won the Pulitzer Prize Finalist and Silver Gavel Award Finalist. Most Americans believe that a civilized state does not torture, but that belief has repeatedly been challenged in moments of crisis at home and abroad. From the Indian wars to Vietnam, from police interrogation to the War on Terror, US institutions have proven far more amenable to torture than the nation's commitment to liberty would suggest. Civilizing Torture traces the history of debates about the efficacy of torture and reveals a recurring struggle to decide what limits to impose on the power of the state. At a time of escalating rhetoric aimed at cleansing the nation of the undeserving and an erosion of limits on military power, the debate over torture remains critical and unresolved.

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Publisher
Belknap Press
Year
2020
ISBN-13
9780674244702
Genre
History
Topics
Torture in American historyState violence and human rightsWar on Terror

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