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Routledge Torture As Public Policy - U.S. Credibility & International Law

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After September 11, 2001, the Bush Administration fundamentally shifted U.S. interrogation policy, subjecting detainees to harsh techniques that crossed into torture. James P. Pfiffner's authoritative analysis examines the policy directives, operational decisions, and leadership actions that reversed centuries of American standards for treating enemy prisoners. This critical examination explores how career military lawyers' serious reservations about these practices were overridden, and traces the profound impact on U.S. credibility on the world stage. Published by Routledge, this work provides essential context for understanding the legal, ethical, and geopolitical consequences of abandoning established international conventions on prisoner treatment. Essential reading for scholars, policymakers, legal professionals, and anyone seeking to understand how interrogation policy became a defining controversy of the early 21st century.

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James P. Pfiffner provides an authoritative examination of Bush Administration interrogation policy decisions and their reversals of established U.S. prisoner treatment standards.

The analysis explores how career military lawyers' serious reservations about harsh interrogation techniques were addressed within the policy-making process.

Routledge publication delivers scholarly context on international law implications and the erosion of U.S. credibility resulting from torture policy.

Comprehensive coverage of leadership actions and operational decisions that fundamentally altered decades of American military and intelligence practice.

Critical resource for understanding the legal and ethical debates surrounding interrogation policy after September 11, 2001.

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hardcover
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Amazon UK
Release Date
30 October 2009
Listed Since
08 May 2009

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