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Torture as public policy

Torture as public policy

restoring U.S. credibility on the world stage

James P. Pfiffner

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Discusses the United States' public policies on torture, examining incidents of torture that occurred during George W. Bush's administration and the philosophical and legal basis used for those policies and practices, and describing the policy changes made by the Obama administration to help the United States regain credibility.

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OL Work ID
OL15074402W

Subjects

Foreign public opinionGovernment policyTorturePolitical prisonersAbuse ofPublic opinionPolitical prisoners, united statesUnited states, foreign public opinionUnited states, politics and governmentPrisonniers politiquesViolence enversOpinion publique étrangèreSOCIAL SCIENCECriminology

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