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...
Pulitzer Prize Finalist "A sobering history of how American communities and institutions have relied on torture in various forms since before the United States was founded." "That Americans...
Silver Gavel Award Finalist
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