Cohn, Marjorie

"In this interdisciplinary collection, human rights and political activists, policy analysts, lawyers and legal scholars, a philosopher, a journalist and sociologist examine different aspects of the U.S. policy of targeted killing with drones and other methods"--Dust jacket.

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.