"e;Torture has ceased to exist,"e; 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.
| ISBN: | 9781512821697 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 2018 |
| Author: | Peters, Edward |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. |
| Format: | Ebook |
"e;Torture has ceased to exist,"e; 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.
Torture is available in Ebook, Paperback
Torture was written by Peters, Edward and published by University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
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