torture

After tasting freedom, the former slaves are soon back under the control of the menacing Spears, and this time Corki and Pippa are separated as Corki, in training to be a Spear, seeks a way to work within the system to gain freedom for himself and his friends.

Defines torture, discusses its history, and examines abusive rulers in modern times, international policies against it, and why it is an issue in the United States.

Presents thirteen essays that debate the justification of torture in certain situations, and discusses such issues as the legalization and regulation of torture, the statutes of the Geneva Convention, the Abu Ghraib prisoner case, and U.S. foreign policy objectives.

Analyzes the cruelty of medieval warfare by examining battles--such as the battle in Agincourt in 1415--sieges on cities, and campaigns during the Hundred Years War; and also describes how figures of chivalry were also merciless in their military pursuits.

Six young friends, tortured by the Spears and forced to work as slaves in the harsh fields of Grassland, vow to escape to find the freedom that was stolen from them long ago, and their opportunity arises when Outsiders come and wage war against the Spears.

This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether torture is ever justified, whether torture violates American values, whether enhanced interrogation techniques are torture, and whether the United States should apply the Geneva Conventions to terrorists.

Presents Sister Dianna Ortiz's account of the torture she endured while in the custody of the Guatemalan government working with the United States in 1987, and features essays in which the authors discuss the history and character of torture as practiced by the United States, the torture and cruel treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody, and accountability for torture.