America in the Philippines, 1899-1902

The First Torture Scandal

Christopher J. Einolf (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

235 Seiten

2014
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-46075-2 (ISBN)

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America in the Philippines, 1899-1902: The First Torture Scandal analyzes the US army's use of the 'water cure' torture in the Philippine War and the ensuing political scandal that resulted. Drawing on primary source documents to construct a detailed narrative history of the events, the book also proposes an original theory for the causes of torture, which emphasizes the moral agency of low-level actors. Einolf uses the historical debate to illuminate theories of present-day human rights advocacy. The conclusion relates the Philippine War case to the more recent use of torture under the George W. Bush administration and makes recommendations for researchers and advocates.

Christopher J. Einolf teaches at the School of Public Service at DePaul University, USA. A former legal advocate for torture survivors, he isthe author of George H. Thomas: Virginian for the Union, The Mercy Factory: Refugees and the American Asylum System.

1. Introduction 2. Theories of Human Rights Abuses and Advocacy 3. The Laws of War and Illegitimate Combatants 4. Early Experimentation, 1898-1900 5. Standard Operating Procedure, Fall 1900 to Spring 1901 6. 'Kill and Burn,' Fall 1901 to Summer 1902 7. The Scandal Builds, January 1901 to March 1902 8. The Scandal Breaks, April 1902 9. The Scandal Recedes, May to June 1902 10. The Effects of the Scandal 11. Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.11.2014
Zusatzinfo	IX, 235 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-137-46075-X / 113746075X
ISBN-13	978-1-137-46075-2 / 9781137460752
Zustand	Neuware