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_aPyle, Christopher H. _921061 |
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_aGetting away with torture: secret government, war crimes, and the rule of law / _cChristopher H. Pyle |
| 250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_aWashington, D.C.: _bPotomac Books, _cc2009. |
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_axiii, 339 p., [16] p. of plates: _bill.; _c24 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-321) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aA policy of torture -- Unleashing the dogs of war -- Torture by proxy -- Signaling permission -- Covering up -- The war criminals -- Torture reconsidered -- Congress : the enablers -- Judicial complicity -- Why do they hate our freedoms? -- Restoring the rule of law. | |
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_aTorture _xGovernment policy _zUnited States. _921062 |
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_aPrisoners of war _xAbuse of _zUnited States. _921063 |
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_aSecrecy _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States. _921064 |
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_aWar crimes _zUnited States. _921065 |
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_aRule of law _zUnited States. _921066 |
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_aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009. _955 |
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_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _98024 |
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