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Rendition to Torture
Alan W Clarke
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Universally condemned and everywhere illegal, torture goes on in democracies as well as in dictatorships. Nonetheless, many Americans were surprised following the attacks of 9/11 at how easily the United States embraced torture as well as the supposedly lesser evil of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. Nothing seemed extreme when it came to questioning real and imagined terrorists. Extraordinary rendition—sending people captured in the “war on terror” to nations long counted among the world’s worst human rights violators—hid from the public eye cruel and bloody interrogations. “Torture lite” or “torture without marks” became the norm for those in American custody.
Universally condemned and everywhere illegal, torture goes on in democracies as well as in dictatorships. Nonetheless, many Americans were surprised following the attacks of 9/11 at how easily the United States embraced torture as well as the supposedly lesser evil of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. Nothing seemed extreme when it came to questioning real and imagined terrorists. Extraordinary rendition—sending people captured in the “war on terror” to nations long counted among the world’s worst human rights violators—hid from the public eye cruel and bloody interrogations. “Torture lite” or “torture without marks” became the norm for those in American custody.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813552767
SKU
V9780813552767
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About Alan W Clarke
ALAN W. CLARKE is currently an endowed visiting professor in the criminology and criminal justice department at St. Thomas University. A professor of integrated studies at Utah Valley University, he has coauthored Bitter Fruit of American Justice: International and Domestic Resistance to the Death Penalty and more than thirty journal articles.
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"Clarke provides a comprehensive account of US engagement with torture and rendition during the War on Terror. Clarke delivers a multifaceted perspective on these practices, incorporating legal analysis, sociocultural discussion, and policy debate. By outlining the historical nature and international treatment of torture and rendition, the author provides context for the current use of these means and the rationales asserted ... Read more