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Torture and State Violence in the United States is a very useful bit of research, bringing together many resources that readers would require hours or days to assemble on their own.
[Pallitto] tries to demonstrate that the cruelty manifest in American state violence—the genus of which torture is a species—has been a constant in the 400 years of American history.
Book Details
List of Documents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Colonial North America and the Early Republic
2. Slavery and the Frontier
3. Imperialism, Jim Crow, and World War
4. The Cold War, Vietnam, and Torture by
List of Documents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Colonial North America and the Early Republic
2. Slavery and the Frontier
3. Imperialism, Jim Crow, and World War
4. The Cold War, Vietnam, and Torture by the Police
5. The War on Terror
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index