Tainted legacy 9/11 and the ruin of human rights
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New York
Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books
2003
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Table of Contents:
- Preface / Anthony Lewis
- Introduction: "I Don't Ever Want to Speak English Again"
- Pt. I. Ruin
- Ch. 1. "Terrorists Are the Fish; the People Are the Sea" The Demystification of Terrorism
- Ch. 2. "Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear" History and Hubris
- Ch. 3. The Haunting of America (I): How Countenancing Human Rights Violations Overseas Does Us Damage Here at Home
- Ch. 4. The Haunting of America (II): How Committing Human Rights Violations Here at Home Does Us Damage Overseas
- Pt. II. Groundwork
- Ch. 5. What Makes Rights "Right"? The Origin of Human Rights and the Challenge of Universality
- Ch. 6. When Wickedness Is in Fashion: National Sovereignty and International Justice
- Ch. 7. The Ticklish Case of a Ticking Bomb: Is Torture Ever Justified?
- Pt. III. Reconstruction
- Ch. 8. Striking the Rights Balance: Security, Liberty, and the Challenge of a New World
- Ch. 9. Sitting on Our Bayonets: The Role of Human Rights in the Struggle Against Terrorism.