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The Torture and Prisoner Abuse Debate
Laura L. Finley
出版
Bloomsbury Academic
, 2008-07-30
主題
History / Military / General
Political Science / Civil Rights
Political Science / Public Policy / General
Political Science / Political Freedom
Psychology / General
Social Science / Criminology
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Penology
ISBN
031334292X
9780313342929
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TffCEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Revelations about U.S. torture and prisoner abuse in blatant violation of the long-established and universally recognized Geneva Conventions have horrified most Americans. Nevertheless, it has been argued that the high stakes of the War on Terror have made the protections offered by the Conventions obsolete, or that the abuses are the work of a few rogue soldiers and officers. This book reaches past the headlines into the historical record to document POW torture and also domestic prisoner abuse dating well back in our history as well as government and military knowledge of and collusion in such ostensibly illegal and reprehensible acts. Is torture and prisoner abuse justified in the name of some greater good? As a society we shall have to decide. The historical record presented here can contribute much to an informed national discussion.