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American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination.(Brief article)(Book review)
AMERICAN METHODS: TORTURE AND THE LOGIC OF DOMINATION
By Kristian Williams
South End Press, 2006
IN HORRIFYINGLY impeccable detail, author Kris-tian Williams argues that U.S. policymaking, even before Sept. 11, actually pivots on the use of torture. He shows how U.S. torture tactics in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and U.S. prisons are strikingly similar, employing systemized racism, misogyny and rape.
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However, Williams often misses opportunities to more thoroughly explain power, empire, American exceptionalism, race, masculinity and certain claims about Arab and Muslim ...
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