Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture
- ISBN-10
- 0520230396
- ISBN-13
- 9780520230392
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-09-25
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- John Conroy
Description
An examination of torture (in the name of the state) in three democracies (Israel, Northern Ireland, and the United States) by John Conroy, a Chicago journalist with a strong following among readers who know his previous book (a war diary of life in Belfast).
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