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The Shadow of Torture: Debating US Transgressions in Military Interventions, 1899–2008

Katrin Dauenhauer author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:26th May '15

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The photographs from Abu Ghraib triggered a debate on torture in the United States that has been led with a significant amount of visibility. What has been noticeably absent, however, is a thorough historical contextualization of US torture following September 11, 2001. The Shadow of Torture analyzes the debates on torture during the Vietnam War and the Philippine-American War and shows that the current controversy did not arise out of a political vacuum but reflects and draws upon pre-existing discursive contexts and practices.

«Insgesamt leistet Katrin Dauenhauer mit ihrer Studie einen intelligenten und weiterführenden Beitrag zur Historisierung der Folterdebatten zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts.»
(Sylvia Kesper-Biermann, sehepunkte 15/2015)

ISBN: 9783631660669

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 500g

313 pages

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