Why did the United States begin to torture detainees during the War on Terror? This book presents a model of the political and institutional mechanisms leading to the official adoption of torture TRACY LIGHTCAP Professor of Political Science and Chairman of the Department of Political Science at LaGrange College, USA. INDICE: The Research Questions and the Research Design - Crisis and Opportunity in the United States and the Soviet Union - Torture: From Informal Institution to Official Policy - The Mechanism Fails: The United States and the Mexican War - Torture and Leadership Projects - Personality and Leadership
- ISBN: 978-0-230-11377-0
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 19/08/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés