Rendition to torture:
Gespeichert in:
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Beteilige Person: Clarke, Alan W., (Alan William) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press ©2012
Schriftenreihe:Genocide, political violence, human rights series
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- - Cultivating a torture culture -- - From Eichmann and Carlos "the Jackal" to Reagan and Clinton -- - Significant U.S. renditions to torture -- - State secrets privilege trumps justice: Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan -- - The illegality of the Iraq War and how rendition sparked it -- - European and Canadian complicity in rendition and torture
Many Americans were surprised following the attacks of 9/11 at how easily the United States embraced torture as well as the supposedly lesser evil of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. Extraordinary rendition-sending people captured in the "war on terror" to nations long counted among the world's worst human rights violators-hid from the public eye cruel and bloody interrogations. In Rendition to Torture, Alan W. Clarke explains how the United States adopted torture as a matter of offici
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:0813553121
9780813553122