In their own words: The world of the torturer

The Politics of Pain: Torturers and Their Masters

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 35-64

  Crelinsten, Ronald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780429313929-4     Document Type: Chapter

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