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The Illustrated History of Torture is a chronicle of the practice from Ancient Rome to the current War on Terror. It includes the plight of gladiators forced to fight in Roman arenas, the Spanish Inquisition, witch hunts, wartime torture and recent debates on the use of waterboarding.
Through over 100 pictures and 15 removable documents, the book examines various methods of torture, national and international laws on the subject and the consequences torture ha on society as a whole.
This book also looks at the impact torture has on individuals by telling the stories of those who have been subjected to it, such as Joan of Arc, Guy Fawkes and Dr Frank Olson, said to be a victim of a CIA human research programme.
In addition The Illustrated History of Torture considers those responsible for inflicting pain and suffering, including Vlad the Impaler, the
·Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory, who allegedly harvested the blood of her victims, and Dr Josef Mengele who performed gruesome experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz.
Contents include:
Beating,
Whipping and Stoning,
Flaying,
Scaphism,
Frying,
Boiling and Roasting,
Hanging,
Drawing and Quartering,
Crushing,
Burning and Branding,
Wartime Torture,
Drugs and Psychochemicals
Necklacing
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