Torture and State Violence in the United States: A Short Documentary History

Author:   Robert M. Pallitto (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Seton Hall University)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   annotated edition
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9781421402482


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   27 December 2011
Recommended Age:   From 13
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Robert M. Pallitto (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Seton Hall University)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9781421402482


ISBN 10:   1421402483
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   27 December 2011
Recommended Age:   From 13
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

List of Documents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Colonial North America and the Early Republic 2. Slavery and the Frontier 3. Imperialism, Jim Crow, and World War 4. The Cold War, Vietnam, and Torture by the Police 5. The War on Terror Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Torture and State Violence in the United States is a very useful bit of research, bringing together many resources that readers would require hours or days to assemble on their own. -- Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database 2012 Pallitto tries to demonstrate that the cruelty manifest in American state violence-the genus of which torture is a species-has been a constant in the 400 years of American history. Choice 2012


Torture and State Violence in the United States is a very useful bit of research, bringing together many resources that readers would require hours or days to assemble on their own. -- Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database 2012 [Pallitto] tries to demonstrate that the cruelty manifest in American state violence-the genus of which torture is a species-has been a constant in the 400 years of American history. Choice 2012


Torture and State Violence in the United States is a very useful bit of research, bringing together many resources that readers would require hours or days to assemble on their own. -- Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database 2012


Author Information

Robert M. Pallitto is a professor of political science at Seton Hall University and the coauthor of Presidential Secrecy and the Law, also published by Johns Hopkins.

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