Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad

by Marnia Lazreg

Book Overview

Torture and the Twilight of Empire looks at the intimate relationship between torture and colonial domination through a close examination of the French army's coercive tactics during the Algerian war from 1954 to 1962. By tracing the psychological, cultural, and political meanings of torture at the end of the French empire, Marnia Lazreg also sheds new light on the United States and its recourse to torture in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691173486
• ISBN13: 9780691173481
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"