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American methods : torture and the logic of domination /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Kristian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : South End Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Torture > United States.
Torture > Government policy > United States.
Power (Social sciences) > United States.
Prisoners > Abuse of > United States.
Political persecution > United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Prisoners and prisons, American.
United States > Foreign relations.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Beyond scandal
  • Inside Abu Ghraib
  • A "new paradigm"
  • Ethics and emergencies
  • Torture and empire
  • Homeland brutality
  • Tools of the trade
  • The centrality of rape
  • Conclusion: Torture, terror, and the state.