About this title: During the past fifteen years, one of the most vexing issues facing fledgling transitional democracies around the world--from South Africa to Eastern Europe, from Cambodia to Bosnia--has been what to do about the still-toxic security apparatuses left over from the previous regime. In this now-classic and profoundly influential study, the New Yorker's Lawrence Weschler probes these dilemmas across two gripping narratives (set in Brazil and Uruguay, among the first places to face such concerns), true-life thrillers in which torture victims, faced with the paralysis of the new regime, themselves ...
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 1990
Description: Softcover. Good condition. When a nation shakes off a dictatorship, one critical problem persists: What should be done with the torturers of the old regime? How is justice possible when the authors of unthinkable abuses usually retain enormous power and will not tolerate any settling of accounts? Includes an Index. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226893945ISBN:0226893944
Description: Good. 0226893944 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780226893945ISBN:0226893944
Description: New. In a now classic and profoundly influential study, Weschler probes the vexing issues facing fledging transitional democracies around the world, focusing specifically on events in Brazil and Uruguay. read more
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