LEADER 03901nam 2200577 450 001 9910466360003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-54325-5 024 7 $a10.7312/arse18078 035 $a(CKB)3710000001023769 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4787575 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001982870 035 $a(DE-B1597)480246 035 $a(OCoLC)954038592 035 $a(OCoLC)979777071 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231543255 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4787575 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11331484 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL989193 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001023769 100 $a20170130h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHow the gloves came off $elawyers, policy makers, and norms in the debate on torture /$fElizabeth Grimm Arsenault 210 1$aNew York, [New York] :$cColumbia University Press,$d2017. 210 4$d©2017 215 $a1 online resource (278 pages) 225 1 $aColumbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a0-231-18078-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPart One. Background -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. History of Pow Treatment in The United States -- $t3. Modern Pow Treatment in The United States -- $tPart Two. Evolution of Norms around Pow Treatment -- $t4. Pow Treatment and Lawyers -- $t5. Pow Treatment and Policy Makers -- $t6. Pow Treatment and Interrogators -- $tPart Three. Conclusion -- $t7. Implications and Recommendations -- $tAppendix A: Who's Who -- $tAppendix B: Timeline of Major Events -- $tAppendix C: Acronyms -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, Guantánamo Bay, and far-flung CIA "black sites" after the attacks of 9/11 included cruelty that defied legal and normative prohibitions in U.S. and international law. The antitorture stance of the United States was brushed aside. Since then, the guarantee of American civil liberties and due process for POWs and detainees has grown muddled, threatening the norms that sustain modern democracies. How the Gloves Came Off considers the legal and political arguments that led to this standoff between civility and chaos and their significant consequences for the strategic interests and standing of the United States. Unpacking the rhetoric surrounding the push for unitary executive action in wartime, How the Gloves Came Off traces the unmaking of the consensus against torture. It implicates U.S. military commanders, high-level government administrators, lawyers, and policy makers from both parties, exposing the ease with which powerful actors manipulated ambiguities to strip detainees of their humanity. By targeting the language and logic that made torture thinkable, this book shows how future decision makers can craft an effective counternarrative and set a new course for U.S. policy toward POWs and detainees. Whether leaders use their influence to reinforce a prohibition of cruelty to prisoners or continue to undermine long-standing international law will determine whether the United States retains a core component of its founding identity. 410 0$aColumbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare. 606 $aTorture$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aPrisoners of war$zUnited States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTorture$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPrisoners of war$xHistory. 676 $a364.6/7 700 $aArsenault$b Elizabeth Grimm$01038612 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466360003321 996 $aHow the gloves came off$92460334 997 $aUNINA