Violence all around
by Sifton, John
A human rights lawyer travels to hot zones around the globe before and after 9/11 to document abuses by warlords, terrorists, and counterterrorism forces. John Sifton reminds us that human rights advocates can only shame the world into better behavior; to invoke rights is to invoke the force to uphold them, including the very violence they deplore.
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- Full title :Violence all around / John Sifton.
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A human rights lawyer travels to hot zones around the globe before and after 9/11 to document abuses by warlords, terrorists, and counterterrorism forces. John Sifton reminds us that human rights advocates can only shame the world into better behavior; to invoke rights is to invoke the force to uphold them, including the very violence they deplore.
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- Publication Date:2015.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xii, 323 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780674426054, 0674426053
- DOI:10.4159/9780674426054
- oclc:ocn908192357
- LC Classification:JC571
- Dewey Decimal:303.6
Table of Contents
Preface -- Part I: Deeds -- The desert of the real -- Continent and conquest -- Violence and distance -- The limits of remote violence -- Part II: Words -- The theater of force -- Defining violence -- Torture -- The violence of nonviolence -- Outrage -- Terror as justice -- Change -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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