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"Torture has ceased to exist," Victor Hugo claimed, with some justification, in 1874. Yet more than a century later, torture is used routinely in one out of every three countries. This book is about torture in Western society from earliest times to the present.

A landmark study since its original publication a decade ago, Torture is now available in an expanded and updated paperback edition. Included for the first time is a broad and disturbing selection of documents charting the historical practice of torture from the ancient Romans to the Khmer Rouge.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780812215991
  • ISBN-10: 0812215990
  • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Publish Date: October 1996
  • Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.9 pounds
  • Page Count: 304

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