عنوان

The politics of torture /

(Number (ISBN

023011377X (hbk. : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780230113770 (hbk. : alk. paper)

Number

b533322

Title Proper

The politics of torture /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Tracy Lightcap

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2011

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 211 p. ;

Dimensions

22 cm

Text of Note

Include bibliographical references (p. [183]-202) and index

Text of Note

The research questions and the research design -- Crisis and opportunity in the United States and the Soviet Union -- Torture : from informal institution to official policy -- The mechanism fails : the United States and the Mexican War -- Torture and leadership projects -- Personality and leadership

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Text of Note

"Why did it happen? Why did the United States begin to torture detainees during the War on Terror? Instead of an indictment, this book presents an explanation. Crises produce rare opportunities for overcoming the domestic and foreign logjams facing political leaders. But what if the projects used to address the crisis and provide cover for their actions come under serious threat from clandestine opponents? Then the restraints on interrogation can be overwhelmed, leading to informal institutions that allow the official establishment of torture. These ideas are tested using comparative historical narratives drawn from two cases where torture was adopted--the War on Terror and the Stalinist Terror--and one where it was not--the Mexican War. The book concludes with some thoughts about how the United States can avoid the legal establishment of torture in the future"--

Mexican War, 1846-1848-- Prisoners and prisons, American

Political prisoners-- Abuse of-- Soviet Union

Prisoners of war-- Abuse of-- United States

Torture-- Government policy-- Soviet Union

Torture-- Government policy-- United States

Torture-- Government policy-- United States-- History-- 19th century

Torture-- Political aspects, Case studies

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Soviet Union, Politics and government, 1936-1953

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Lightcap, Tracy,1946-

Date of Transaction

20110927001456.0

Electronic name

[Book]

Y