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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael OttermanPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.411kg ISBN: 9780745326702ISBN 10: 0745326706 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 20 March 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Acronyms In Their Own Words 1. A Climate of Fear 2. Stress Inoculation 3. Codifying Cruelty 4. The Phoenix Factor 5. In America’s Backyard 6. The Human Cost 7. Alive and Legal 8. The Gloves Come Off, Part I 9. Guantánamo 10. The Gloves Come Off, Part II The Dual State Appendix I: Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual – 1983 Notes Bibliography IndexReviews'A hard-hitting survey revealing how torture became a standard practice in the War on Terror' -- Internet Bookwatch American Torture is a hard-hitting survey revealing how torture became a standard practice in the War on Terror, how it was honed and legalised and how the military and CIA had used torture before both at home and abroad. These tortures were legalized using the laws designed to eradicate their use as the Cold War ended.. -- Internet Bookwatch American Torture is an easy book to read insofar as it is well-written and well-organized. ... Frankly, I'd rather deal with the permanent damage inflicted by American Torture on my psyche than live in benighted ignorance of the damage our nation wreaks on human beings in captivity every day. -- Pensito Review Author InformationMichael Otterman is an award-winning freelance journalist and human rights consultant. He was a recent visiting scholar at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto, 2010) and American Torture (Pluto, 2007). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |