William L. d'Ambruoso (Stanton Nuc Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow

American Torture from the Philippines to Iraq

A Recurring Nightmare

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What explains the United States' persistent use of torture over the past hundred-plus years? Not only is torture incompatible with liberal values, it is also risky and frequently ineffective as an interrogation method. Drawing on archival testimony from the Philippine-American War (1899-1902), the Vietnam War, and the post-2001 war on terror, William L. d'Ambruoso argues that the norm against torture includes features that help explain why liberal democracies like the United States continue to violate it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 164mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780197570326
• ISBN-10: 0197570321
• Artikelnr.: 62353118

Autorenporträt

William L. d'Ambruoso is a fellow with the International Security Program and the Project on Managing the Atom at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He previously taught courses on wartime violence and international security at Bates College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Torture and the Norm against It: Undying Rivals
Chapter 2: Liberal-Democratic Torture: Answered and Unanswered Questions
Chapter 3: The Search for "Nasty" but "Safe" Interrogation Methods
Chapter 4: Justifying Torture in the Philippine-American War
Chapter 5: The Roots and Rationalizations of U.S. Torture in Vietnam
Chapter 6: Twenty-First Century Torture: The War on Terror
Chapter 7: Conclusion