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Torture
Overview
"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.This item is Non-Returnable
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Details
- 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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