Torture and democracy

Main Author: Rejali, Darius M.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10320494
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300 |a xxiii, 849 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [781]-818) and index. 
505 0 |a 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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