The torture and prisoner abuse debate / / Laura L. Finley

• Autore: Finley Laura L
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2008; Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 pages)
• Disciplina: 364.67
• Soggetto topico: Torture - United States; Political prisoners - Abuse of - United States; Prisoners - Abuse of - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-179) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : describing the problem -- Torture and its origins -- Prison abuse in the U.S. pre-civil rights era -- The Central Intelligence Agency and torture -- Domestic prison abuse today -- Abuse in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- Summing up the torture debate -- Timeline of significant events in the history of torture and prisoner abuse.
• Sommario/riassunto: Revelations about U.S. torture and prisoner abuse in blatant violation of the long-established and universally recognized Geneva Conventions have horrified most Americans. Nevertheless, it has been argued that the high stakes of the War on Terror have made the protections offered by the Conventions obsolete, or that the abuses are the work of a few rogue soldiers and officers. This book reaches past the headlines into the historical record to document POW torture and also domestic prisoner abuse dating well back in our history as well as government and military knowledge of and collusion in su
• Titolo autorizzato: The torture and prisoner abuse debate
• ISBN: 1-282-34090-5; 9786612340901; 0-313-34293-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782663703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Historical guides to controversial issues in America.