Getting away with torture: secret government, war crimes, and the rule of law /
Pyle, Christopher H.
Getting away with torture: secret government, war crimes, and the rule of law / Christopher H. Pyle - 1st ed. - Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, c2009. - xiii, 339 p., [16] p. of plates: ill.; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-321) and index.
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? -- Restoring the rule of law.
9781597973878 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1597973874 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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
973.931 / PYL/G
Getting away with torture: secret government, war crimes, and the rule of law / Christopher H. Pyle - 1st ed. - Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, c2009. - xiii, 339 p., [16] p. of plates: ill.; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-321) and index.
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? -- Restoring the rule of law.
9781597973878 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1597973874 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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
973.931 / PYL/G