Liberal Democracies and the Torture of Their Citizens

by Cynthia Banham

Book Overview

This book analyses and compares how the USA's liberal allies responded to the use of torture against their citizens after 9/11. Did they resist, tolerate or support the Bush Administration's policies concerning the mistreatment of detainees when their own citizens were implicated and what were the reasons for their actions? Australia, the UK and Canada are liberal democracies sharing similar political cultures, values and alliances with America; yet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509906843
• ISBN13: 9781509906840
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"