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Truth, torture, and the American way : the history and consequences of U.S. involvement in torture / Jennifer K. Harbury.

Title
Truth, torture, and the American way : the history and consequences of U.S. involvement in torture / Jennifer K. Harbury.
Author
Harbury, Jennifer.
Publication
Boston : Beacon Press, c2005.

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Description
xxxi, 227 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
"Jennifer Harbury's investigation into torture began when her husband disappeared in Guatemala in 1992; she told the story of his torture and murder in Searching for Everardo. For over a decade since, Harbury has used her formidable legal, research, and organizing skills to press for the U.S. government's disclosure of America's involvement in harrowing abuses in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Her mission has a renewed urgency in the wake of the disclosures from Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Human rights > Government policy > United States
  • Human rights > Latin America
  • Political prisoners > Abuse of
  • Torture
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-215) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
An early glimpse -- The fall of Abu Ghraib -- The lessons of Latin American human rights history -- From the Latin American torture cells -- What can be done : the law -- Paying the price -- Reflections on our future.
ISBN
0807003077 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2005011578
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library