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Rendition to torture, Alan W. Clarke
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- Summary
- From the publisher. Universally condemned and everywhere illegal, torture goes on in democracies as well as in dictatorships. Nonetheless, many Americans were surprised following the attacks of 9/11 at how easily the United States embraced torture as well as the supposedly lesser evil of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. Nothing seemed extreme when it came to questioning real and imagined terrorists. Extraordinary rendition -- sending people captured in the "war on terror" to nations long counted among the world's worst human rights violators -- hid from the public eye cruel and bloody interrogations. "Torture lite" or "torture without marks" became the norm for those in American custody. In Rendition to Torture, Alan W. Clarke explains how the United States adopted torture as a matter of official policy; how and why it turned to extraordinary rendition as a way to outsource more extreme, mutilating forms of torture; and outlines the steps the United States took to hide its abuses. Many adverse consequences attended American use of torture. False information gleaned from torture was used to justify the Iraq war, adding potency to the charge that the war was illegal under international law. Moreover, European nations and Canada aided, abetted, and became thoroughly enmeshed in US-led torture and renditions, thereby spreading both the problem and the blame for this practice. Clarke offers an extended critique of these activities, placing them in historical and legal context as well as in transnational and comparative perspective
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 229 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Cultivating a torture culture
- From Eichmann and Carlos "the Jackal" to Reagan and Clinton
- Significant U.S. renditions to torture
- State secrets privilege trumps justice: Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan
- The
- illegality of the Iraq War and how rendition sparked it
- European and Canadian complicity in rendition and torture
- Isbn
- 9780813553122
- Label
- Rendition to torture
- Title
- Rendition to torture
- Statement of responsibility
- Alan W. Clarke
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the publisher. Universally condemned and everywhere illegal, torture goes on in democracies as well as in dictatorships. Nonetheless, many Americans were surprised following the attacks of 9/11 at how easily the United States embraced torture as well as the supposedly lesser evil of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. Nothing seemed extreme when it came to questioning real and imagined terrorists. Extraordinary rendition -- sending people captured in the "war on terror" to nations long counted among the world's worst human rights violators -- hid from the public eye cruel and bloody interrogations. "Torture lite" or "torture without marks" became the norm for those in American custody. In Rendition to Torture, Alan W. Clarke explains how the United States adopted torture as a matter of official policy; how and why it turned to extraordinary rendition as a way to outsource more extreme, mutilating forms of torture; and outlines the steps the United States took to hide its abuses. Many adverse consequences attended American use of torture. False information gleaned from torture was used to justify the Iraq war, adding potency to the charge that the war was illegal under international law. Moreover, European nations and Canada aided, abetted, and became thoroughly enmeshed in US-led torture and renditions, thereby spreading both the problem and the blame for this practice. Clarke offers an extended critique of these activities, placing them in historical and legal context as well as in transnational and comparative perspective
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Clarke, Alan W.
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF9635
- LC item number
- .C53 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Genocide, political violence, human rights series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Extraordinary rendition
- Torture
- Detention of persons
- Deportation
- False imprisonment
- National security
- Extraordinary rendition
- Torture
- Label
- Rendition to torture, Alan W. Clarke
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-222) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Cultivating a torture culture
- From Eichmann and Carlos "the Jackal" to Reagan and Clinton
- Significant U.S. renditions to torture
- State secrets privilege trumps justice: Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan
- The
- illegality of the Iraq War and how rendition sparked it
- European and Canadian complicity in rendition and torture
- Control code
- sky239213156
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813553122
- Isbn Type
- (ebook)
- Lccn
- 2011028852
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Rendition to torture, Alan W. Clarke
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-222) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Cultivating a torture culture
- From Eichmann and Carlos "the Jackal" to Reagan and Clinton
- Significant U.S. renditions to torture
- State secrets privilege trumps justice: Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan
- The
- illegality of the Iraq War and how rendition sparked it
- European and Canadian complicity in rendition and torture
- Control code
- sky239213156
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813553122
- Isbn Type
- (ebook)
- Lccn
- 2011028852
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Detention of persons -- Government policy -- United States
- Extraordinary rendition
- Extraordinary rendition -- United States
- False imprisonment -- United States
- National security -- United States
- Torture
- Torture -- Government policy -- United States
- Deportation -- Government policy -- United States
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