An edition of Torture and the Twilight of Empire (2007)

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
335

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Subjects

Abu Ghraib Prison, Atrocities, History, Iraq War, 2003-, Torture, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Abu ghraib prison, Iraq war, 2003-2011, Algeria, history

Places

Algeria

Times

20th century, Revolution, 1954-1962

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Cover of: Torture and the Twilight of Empire
Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad
2016, Princeton University Press
in English
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Cover of: Torture and the Twilight of Empire
Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad
2016, Princeton University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Torture and the twilight of empire
Torture and the twilight of empire: from Algiers to Baghdad
2008, Princeton University Press
in English
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Cover of: Torture and the Twilight of Empire
Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad (Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity)
December 3, 2007, Princeton University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Abbreviations
Imperial politics and torture
Revolutionary war theory
Militarization of the colonial state
Psychological action
Models of pacification
Ethnography of torture
Doing torture
Women: between torture and military feminism
Ideology of torture
Conscience, imperial identity, and torture
The Christian church and anti-subversive war
Sartre, Fanon, and Camus
Reflections on torture
Moralizing torture
Repetitions: from Algiers to Baghdad
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-322) and index

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Human rights and crimes against humanity

Classifications

Library of Congress
HV8599.A4 L39 2008

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Pagination
xii, 335 p. :
Number of pages
335

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OL17248529M
ISBN 10
069113135X
ISBN 13
9780691131351
LCCN
2007014846
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4538941
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1938249

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