TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brundage,W.Fitzhugh
TI  - Civilizing Torture: An American Tradition 
SN  - 9780674988682
AV  - HV8599.U6 
U1  - 363.25/4 23/eng
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Justification (Ethics)
KW  - Torture
KW  - History
KW  - United States
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Torture-United States-History
KW  - HISTORY / United States / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Abu Ghraib
KW  - Andersonville
KW  - Anti-Imperialists
KW  - Bush
KW  - CIA
KW  - Geneva Conventions
KW  - George Brandle
KW  - Guantanamo Bay
KW  - Jon Burge
KW  - Korean War
KW  - McKinley
KW  - My Lai
KW  - POWs
KW  - Philippines War
KW  - Reagan
KW  - Third Degree
KW  - Vietnam War
KW  - enhanced interrogation
KW  - exceptionalism
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction. A Question of Civilization --; 1. The Manners of Barbarians --; 2. Discipline in a Young Democracy --; 3. Cruelty and the Paradox of Slave Property --; 4. Torture in the Brothers’ War --; 5. Imperialist Excesses --; 6. Police Station Trespasses --; 7. Cold War Brutality --; 8. The Enemy Within --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Illustration Credits --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Over the centuries Americans have turned to torture during moments of crisis, and have debated its legitimacy and efficacy in defense of law and order. Tracing these historical attempts to adapt torture to democratic values, Fitzhugh Brundage reveals the recurring struggle over what limits Americans are willing to impose on the power of the state
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674988682?locatt=mode:legacy
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