Rendition to torture / Alan W. Clarke.

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Clarke, Alan W. (Alan William)

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9780813553122
0813553121

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rendition to Torture.DDC classification:

342.7308/2 23

LOC classification:

KF9635 .C53 2012

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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 offici.

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