Torture and democracy [electronic resource] / Darius Rejali.
Material type: TextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007Description: xxiii, 849 p. : illSubject(s): Torture | Torture -- Government policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.6/7 LOC classification: HV8593 | .R44 2007Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references (p. [781]-818) and index.
Introduction -- Modern torture and its observers -- Torture and democracy -- Lights, heat, and sweat -- Whips and water -- Bathtubs -- Shock -- Magnetos -- Currents -- Singing the world electric -- Prods, tasers, and stun guns -- Stun city -- Sticks and bones -- Water, sleep, and spice -- Stress and duress -- Forced standing and other positions -- Fists and exercises -- Old and new restraints -- Noise -- Drugs and doctors -- Supply and demand for clean torture -- Does torture work? -- What the apologists say -- Why governments don't learn -- The great age of torture in modern memory.
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