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[Jennifer K. Harbury] ↠ Truth, Torture, and the American Way: The History and Consequences of U.S. Involvement in Torture ↠ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Truth, Torture, and the American Way: The History and Consequences of U.S. Involvement in Torture Most important, Harbury provides solid, convincing arguments against the use of torture in any circumstances: not only because it is completely inconsistent with all the basic values Americans hold dear, but also because it has repeatedly proved to be ineffective: Again and again,'information' obtained through these gruesome tactics proves unreliable or false. client states, allies, and even by our own operatives, endangers our citizens and especially our troops deployed internationally.. Jennif
| Title | : | Truth, Torture, and the American Way: The History and Consequences of U.S. Involvement in Torture |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.76 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807003077 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
Congress and the Organization of American States to locate her husband and thirty-five other members of the Guatemalan resistance believed to be held by the military. Harbury also worked with members of the U.S. She has lived and worked with human rights activists, peasants, and Mayan villagers in Guatemala. Harbury took her law degree
Most important, Harbury provides solid, convincing arguments against the use of torture in any circumstances: not only because it is completely inconsistent with all the basic values Americans hold dear, but also because it has repeatedly proved to be ineffective: Again and again,'information' obtained through these gruesome tactics proves unreliable or false. client states, allies, and even by our own operatives, endangers our citizens and especially our troops deployed internationally.. Jennifer Harbury's investigation into torture began when her husband disappeared in Guatemala in 1992; she told the story of his torture and murder in Searching for Everardo. A draft of this book had just been completed when the first photos from Abu Ghraib were published; tragically, many of Harbury's deepest fears about America's own abuses were graphically confirmed by those horrific images.This urgently needed book offers both well-documented evidence of the CIA's continuous involvement in torture tactics since the 1970s and moving personal testimony from many of the victims. For over a decade since, Harbury has used her formidable legal, research, and organizing skills to press for the U.S. Worse, the use of torture by U.S.
A Must Read for Anyone Who Cares About Human Rights This book chillingly places the Bush Administration's torture policies in the proper historical perspective. The so-called war on terror is not the first time the U.S. has employed abduction, torture, and murder to further its political agenda. As Ms. Harbury thoroughly and unflinchingly reveals, throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s, the United States (directly and by proxy) abducted, tortured, murdered, and "disappeared" thousands of people in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala, all in the name of fighting communism. It is a history that American nationalists ignore o. She goes into great detail of many survivors of torture Harriet Heywood Very important book documented torture in Latin America by an American Attorney whose husband, a Guatemalan, who disappeared by trainees of the SOA.She goes into great detail of many survivors of torture, some of it graphic.Excellent and important book on our shameful history.. Truth, Torture, and the American Way Steven K. Dankof Ms. Harbury's book is a must read for anyone interested in the facts surrounding America's all too frequent resort to terror and torture. Ms. Harbury is a true patriot who holds up a mirror to America and forces us to take a good long look at what's done by our Government in our name.
Harbury's own husband became one of the Guatemalan victims-she described his fate in Searching for Everardo-and this new volume alludes to his story repeatedly. Radio host Amy Goodman, of Pacifica's Democracy Now program, contributes a foreword (not seen by PW). If her book holds few surprises for those who have followed these stories closely, its cases will certainly stoke the fires of outrage. All rights reserved. agents apparently encouraged the kidnapping, maltreatment and murder of left-wing fighters and their suspe
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