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Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Silver Gavel Award Finalist

"A sobering history of how American communities and institutions have relied on torture in various forms since before the United States was founded."
--Los Angeles Times

"That Americans... Read Full 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... Read Full Overview