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Is torture ever justified? / Tamara L. Roleff, book editor.

Contributor(s): Series: At issue. International politicsPublication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2011.Description: 126 p. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780737750928 (pbk.) :
  • 0737750928 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV8593 .I8 2011
Contents:
Enhanced interrogation methods are not justified or necessary / Barack Obama -- Enhanced interrogation methods are legal, justified, and necessary / Richard B. Cheney -- Torture is sometimes justified / Mirko Bagaric -- Torture is never justified / Becky Akers -- Coercive interrogation methods are necessary to protect the United States / John Yoo -- Waterboarding is torture / Christopher Hitchens -- Waterboarding is not torture / Andrew C. McCarthy -- It is difficult to know what is torture and what is not / Andrew Coyne -- Torture takes many forms / Khaled Shaik Mohammed -- Torture provides useful information / Michael Hayden and Michael B. Mukasey -- Other interrogation methods provide more reliable information than torture / Ali Soufan -- Torture raises questions about democratic values / Frida Ghitis -- Torture is permissible in a democracy / Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Notes Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HV 8593 .I8 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TOPIC BOOKS 5071566

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Enhanced interrogation methods are not justified or necessary / Barack Obama -- Enhanced interrogation methods are legal, justified, and necessary / Richard B. Cheney -- Torture is sometimes justified / Mirko Bagaric -- Torture is never justified / Becky Akers -- Coercive interrogation methods are necessary to protect the United States / John Yoo -- Waterboarding is torture / Christopher Hitchens -- Waterboarding is not torture / Andrew C. McCarthy -- It is difficult to know what is torture and what is not / Andrew Coyne -- Torture takes many forms / Khaled Shaik Mohammed -- Torture provides useful information / Michael Hayden and Michael B. Mukasey -- Other interrogation methods provide more reliable information than torture / Ali Soufan -- Torture raises questions about democratic values / Frida Ghitis -- Torture is permissible in a democracy / Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke.

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