. . "Revelations about U.S. torture and prisoner abuse in blatant violation of the long-established and universally recognized Geneva Conventions have horrified most Americans. Nevertheless, it has been argued that the high stakes of the War on Terror have made the protections offered by the Conventions obsolete, or that the abuses are the work of a few rogue soldiers and officers. This book reaches past the headlines into the historical record to document POW torture and also domestic prisoner abuse dating well back in our history as well as government and military knowledge of and collusion in su."@en . . "Revelations about U.S. torture and prisoner abuse in blatant violation of the long-established and universally recognized Geneva Conventions have horrified most Americans. Nevertheless, it has been argued that the high stakes of the War on Terror have made the protections offered by the Conventions obsolete, or that the abuses are the work of a few rogue soldiers and officers. This book reaches past the headlines into the historical record to document POW torture and also domestic prisoner abuse dating well back in our history as well as government and military knowledge of and collusion in su." . . . . . . . . "The Torture and Prisoner Abuse Debate" . . . . . . . "The torture and prisoner abuse debate" . "The torture and prisoner abuse debate"@en . . . . "Electronic books" . . "Electronic books"@en . "Delves into historical record to document POW torture and also domestic prisoner abuse dating far back in U.S. history as well as government and military knowledge of and collusion in such acts."@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Torture." . . "Folter." . . "Politischer Gefangener." . . "Social Science." . . "Political prisoners." . . "United States." . . . . "USA." . . "Prisonniers politiques." . . "Abuse of." . . "Violence envers les prisonniers politiques États-Unis." . . "Misshandlung." . . "Torture États-Unis." . .