Authors | |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Year | 01/03/2018 |
Version | eBook: Reflowable eTextbook (ePub) |
Language | English |
ISBN | 9781512821697 |
Categories | Crimean War, Human rights, Legal history |
"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.
Torture