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Author Pyle, Christopher H.

Title Getting away with torture : secret government, war crimes, and the rule of law / Christopher H. Pyle.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Female Library  HV8599.U6    Available
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  HV8599.U6    Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiii, 339 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-321) and index.
Contents A policy of torture -- Unleashing the dogs of war -- Torture by proxy -- Signaling permission -- Covering up -- The war criminals -- Torture reconsidered -- Congress : the enablers -- Judicial complicity -- Why do they hate our freedoms? -- Rest
Subject Torture -- Government policy -- United States.
Prisoners of war -- Abuse of -- United States.
Secrecy -- Political aspects -- United States.
War crimes -- United States.
Rule of law -- United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
ISBN 9781597973878 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1597973874 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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