The Shadow of Torture: Debating US Transgressions in Military Interventions, 1899–2008
| By: | Katrin Dauenhauer |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang |
| Print ISBN: | 9783631660669 |
| eText ISBN: | 9783653971064 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2015 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The photographs from Abu Ghraib triggered a debate on torture in the United States that has been led with a significant amount of visibility. What has been noticeably absent, however, is a thorough historical contextualization of US torture following September 11, 2001. The Shadow of Torture analyzes the debates on torture during the Vietnam War and the Philippine-American War and shows that the current controversy did not arise out of a political vacuum but reflects and draws upon pre-existing discursive contexts and practices.