A book of great import, discernment, and integrity. Conroy chronicles three torture cases--British against Irish, Israeli against Palestinian, Chicago police against suspects--and intersperses those chapters with more general ones on the history, methods, psychology, and effects of torture. These last were the chapters I found most useful. Conroy's research is solid and diverse, and his own insights are unfailingly judicious. Excellent book.
Jun 7, 2008
Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture, John Conroy (2000)
A book of great import, discernment, and integrity. Conroy chronicles three torture cases--British against Irish, Israeli against Palestinian, Chicago police against suspects--and intersperses those chapters with more general ones on the history, methods, psychology, and effects of torture. These last were the chapters I found most useful. Conroy's research is solid and diverse, and his own insights are unfailingly judicious. Excellent book.
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