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Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007

1 online resource (xxiii, 849 p.) : ill

ISBN 0691114226 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780691114224 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780691143330

Includes bibliographical references (p. [781]-818) and index

Introduction -- Modern torture and its observers -- Torture and democracy -- Lights, heat, and sweat -- Whips and water -- Bathtubs -- Shock -- Magnetos -- Currents -- Singing the world electric -- Prods, tasers, and stun guns -- Stun city -- Sticks and bones -- Water, sleep, and spice -- Stress and duress -- Forced standing and other positions -- Fists and exercises -- Old and new restraints -- Noise -- Drugs and doctors -- Supply and demand for clean torture -- Does torture work? -- What the apologists say -- Why governments don’t learn -- The great age of torture in modern memory.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)436943226

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