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The politics of torture

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The politics of tortureTracy Lightcap.
作者:	Lightcap, Tracy,
出版者:	New York, NY :Palgrave Macmillan,c2010.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (224 p.)
標題:	TortureCase studies.Political aspects
標題:	Soviet UnionEmigration and immigration.
電子資源:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9780230339224 (electronic bk.)

The politics of torture
Lightcap, Tracy,1946-

The politics of torture[electronic resource] /Tracy Lightcap. - New York, NY :Palgrave Macmillan,c2010. - 1 online resource (224 p.)

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.

"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"--

ISBN: 9780230339224 (electronic bk.)

Source: 541742Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

642088
Torture
--Political aspects--Case studies.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

392134
Soviet Union
--Emigration and immigration.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV8693 / .L54 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 364.6/7

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