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The Torture and Prisoner Abuse Debate (Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America) | 
| Author: Laura L. Finley
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 031334292X
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.67
EAN: 9780313342929
ASIN: 031334292X
Publication Date: July 30, 2008
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Product Description
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. Series features: BLTimeline anchoring the discussion in time and place BLBibliography of print and Internet resources guiding further exploration of the subject BLCharts and tables analyzing complex data, including survey results
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