Torture And Prisoner Abuse Debate
by Finley, Laura L.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-07-30
Publisher(s): Greenwood Pub Group
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Summary
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 such ostensibly illegal and reprehensible acts. Is torture and prisoner abuse justified in the name of some greater good? As a society we shall have to decide. The historical record presented here can contribute much to an informed national discussion.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introduction: Describing the Problem | p. 1 |
| Torture and Its Origins | p. 15 |
| Prison Abuse in the U.S. Pre-Civil Rights Era | p. 23 |
| The Central Intelligence Agency and Torture | p. 37 |
| Domestic Prison Abuse Today | p. 69 |
| Abuse in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq | p. 109 |
| Summing Up the Torture Debate | p. 149 |
| Timeline of Significant Events in the History of Torture and Prisoner Abuse | p. 163 |
| Further Readings | p. 171 |
| Bibliography | p. 173 |
| Index | p. 181 |
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