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  The Torture Debate in America (Hardback) Edited by Karen J. Greenberg

  

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  Short Description for The Torture Debate in AmericaThis book provides essays on the debate over the US government's use of torture.
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  • Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 21 November 2005
  • Format: Hardback 436 pages
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  • Categories: Ethical Issues & Debates | Politics & Government | Constitution: Government & The State | International Relations | Other Warfare & Defence Issues | Jurisprudence | International Law | International Human Rights Law
  • ISBN 13: 9780521857925 ISBN 10: 0521857929
  • Sales rank: 1,114,372

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• As a result of the work assembling the documents, memoranda, and reports that constitute the material in The Torture Papers the question of the rationale behind the Bush administration's decision to condone the use of coercive interrogation techniques in the interrogation of detainees suspected of terrorist connections was raised. The condoned use of torture in any society is questionable but its use by the United States, a liberal democracy that champions human rights and is a party to international conventions forbidding torture, has sparked an intense debate within America. The Torture Debate in America captures these arguments with essays from individuals in different discipines. This volume is divided into two sections with essays covering all sides of the argument from those who embrace absolute prohibition of torture to those who see it as a viable option in the war on terror and with documents complementing the essays.