Torture and democracy

Rejali, Darius M. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780691114224 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0691114226 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xxiii, 849 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2007]
Copyright: ©2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [781]-818) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.