| TRUTH, TORTURE, AND THE AMERICAN WAY The History and Consequences of U.S. Involvement in Torture Jennifer K. Harbury Amy Goodman (Fwd.) Boston: Beacon Press, September 2005 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-8070-0307-7 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-8070-0307-7 | 227pp. | SC | $20.00 | |
| Page 14: | "...I found sketches depicting the tortures endured by prisoners at Mariona, in El Salvador during the 1980s." |
| Missing comma: S/B "in El Salvador, during". |
| Page 62: | "However, the most probably account, supported by several insiders, is that he was taken back to Guatemala City, where he survived in captivity well into the spring of 1994." |
| Typo: S/B "probable". |
| Page 64: | "None of this was shared us." |
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| Page 126: | "All parties must ensure that acts of torture are an offense under its criminal laws." |
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| Page 138: | "To begin with, all military personnel are subject to the provisions of the Military Code of Justice." |
| Incorrect title: S/B "Uniform Code of Military Justice" (the UCMJ). |
| Page 150: | "As discussed above, the abductions in Latin America were heavily backed by theUnited States throughout the Dirty Wars." |
| Missing space: S/B "the United States". |
| Page 173: | "The statement that violence begets violence should be self-evident." |
| Missing words: S/B "The truth of the statement". |
| Page 173: | "Yet the entire post September 11 strategy of our administration is based on the assumption that the 'tough guy' and 'shock and awe' approach will somehow be most effective." |
| Missing hyphen: S/B "post-September 11 strategy". (See page 174.) |
| Page 188: | "As the world reeled toward a catastrophic nuclear war, it would have been all too human for either Kennedy or Kruschev to rush to press the little red button first." |
| Spelling: S/B "Khrushchev". (His full name was Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev.) |
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