Civilizing Torture: An American Tradition

by W. Fitzhugh Brundage

Book Overview

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History

Most Americans believe that a civilized state does not resort to torture, and yet, as W. Fitzhugh Brundage reveals in this essential and disturbing study, there is a long American tradition of excusing as well as decrying its use.

The pilgrims and merchants who first came to America from Europe professed an intention to create a society free of the barbarism of Old World tyranny...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674737660
• ISBN13: 9780674737662
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.5"