Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-265) and index.
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- The torture word -- The heartbreak of acknowledgment : MDC, Abu Ghraib, and the context of crisis -- Isolating incidents -- Sadism on the night shift : accounting for Abu Ghraib -- "Honor bound" : the political legacy of Guantanamo -- The toxicity of torture : waterboarding and the debate about enhanced interrogation -- From "enhanced interrogation" to drones : U.S. counterterrorism and the legacy of -- Torture -- Appendix: Constructionism and the reality of torture -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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