Rendition to Torture |
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| Author:
| Clarke, Alan W. |
| Series title: | Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-8208-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $53.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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 official policy; how and why it turned to extraordinary rendition as a way to outsource more extreme, mutilating forms of torture; and outlines the steps the United States took to hide its abuses.