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War as a Way of Life: A Belfast Diary

Conroy, John

Arrow (A Division of Random House Group)

Biographies & Memoirs

Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People is a riveting book that exposes the potential in each of us for acting unspeakably. John Conroy sits down with torturers from several nations and comes to understand their motivations. His compelling narrative has the tension of a novel. He takes us into a Chicago police station, two villages in the West Bank, and a secret British interrogation center in Northern Ireland, and in the process we are exposed to the experience of the victim, the rationalizations of the torturer, and the seeming indifference of the bystander. The torture occurs in democracies that ostensibly value justice, due process, and human rights, and yet the perpetrators and their superiors escape without punishment, revealing much about the dynamics of torture.

Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture

History

Americas

University of California Press

A compelling investigation of three incidents of torture in the Western world and what they tell us about how ordinary people can become torturers, about the rationalizations societies adopt to justify torture, about the potential in each of us for acting unspeakably. Using firsthand interviews, official documents, and newspaper accounts, John Conroy examines interrogation practices in a Chicago police station, two raids conducted by the Israeli army, and the case of Northern Ireland's "hooded men," who were tortured by British forces. He takes us inside the experience of the victim, the mind of the torturer, and the seeming indifference of the bystander. In the spirit of Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem, Conroy visits with former torturers, describes their training and family backgrounds, and examines the justifications they and their societies offer for the systematic abuse of men, women, and children. He interviews survivors of torture and learns of the coping mechanisms they deployed and the long-term effects of their ordeals. He draws on those meetings and on previous studies, such as Stanley Milgram's Obedience to Authority, to help us understand the dynamics of torture. Recent events -- particularly the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and well-publicized cases of police brutality in our own country -- make it essential that we understand such acts of violence, as the first step in eradicating them. Lucid and unblinking, Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People takes us further toward this goal than any book we have had yet.

World

KNOPF

My Kind of Town puts a human face on the long-running police torture scandal that has plagued Chicago. Veteran investigative journalist John Conroy covered the story, becoming a leading voice in drawing attention to the charges. His groundbreaking, gritty drama revolves around one man's fight for justice, and is inspired by the stories of numerous victims, police officers, prosecutors and families whose lives have been forever tainted by the allegations. "A masterpiece." - Rolling Stone "Told with spellbinding power." - Time Magazine "Entirely riveting." - Chicago Sun Times

My Kind of Town

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

Chicago Dramaworks

A personal account of life in the Catholic ghetto of West Belfast by a Chicago journalist offers vivid portraits of people adjusting to bomb threats, murders, police searches, hunger strikes, and sporadic violence

Belfast Diary: War As a Way of Life

Beacon Pr

Resolution of intractable problems around the world requires understanding ordinary people as well as leaders. This street-level view of Northern Ireland provides the best explanation of the twenty-five-year conflict.

Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life

Historical

Beacon Press

Tennis Workbook Unit II

Kraft, Eve

United States Tennis Assn

Tennis Teachers Guide: Group Instruction and Team Coaching

Sports & Outdoors

Coaching

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Nabu Press

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