Torture
An Expert's Confrontation with an Everyday Evil| By: | Edward Peters |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780812215991 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781512821697 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1997 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.