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American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond
Michael Otterman
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Description for American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond
Paperback. Exposes the secret history of US torture at home and abroad. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH; JPVR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
George W. Bush calls them an 'alternative set of procedures', vital tools needed 'to protect the American people and our allies'. American Torture reveals how torture became standard practice in today's War on Terror.
'Tools' including being forced standing for up to forty hours, sleep deprivation for weeks on end and dousing naked prisoners with ice are undeniably torture, and they are used by the United States of America. Long before Abu Ghraib became a household name, the US military and CIA used torture with impunity at home and abroad. Billions of dollars were spent during the ... Read more
George W. Bush calls them an 'alternative set of procedures', vital tools needed 'to protect the American people and our allies'. American Torture reveals how torture became standard practice in today's War on Terror.
'Tools' including being forced standing for up to forty hours, sleep deprivation for weeks on end and dousing naked prisoners with ice are undeniably torture, and they are used by the United States of America. Long before Abu Ghraib became a household name, the US military and CIA used torture with impunity at home and abroad. Billions of dollars were spent during the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745326702
SKU
V9780745326702
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About Michael Otterman
Michael Otterman is an award-winning freelance journalist and human rights consultant. He was a recent visiting scholar at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto, 2010) and American Torture (Pluto, 2007).
Reviews for American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond
'A hard-hitting survey revealing how torture became a standard practice in the War on Terror'
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