Torture and the War on Terror

“Compelling… fascinating and disturbing…. An engaging book.” - New York Times Book Review “An ethical interpretation of history.” - Le Monde “Among the most interesting and genuinely illuminating studies of the discovery of America to have been published for many years.” - Times Literary Supplement”

Tzvetan Todorov is the author of The Conquest of America, Mikhail Bakhtin, On Human Diversity, Facing the Extreme, Imperfect Garden, Hope and Memory, and The New World Disorder, among other books. Gila Walker has translated more than one hundred works from the French, including texts by Jacques Derrida, Francois Julienne, Yves Bonnefoy, and Georges Didi-Huberman. Ryan Lobo is a producer, director, photographer, and videographer whose films have been aired on National Geographic International and Animal Planet. He has traveled the globe and documented a variety of topics, including wildlife, science, archaeology, adventure, and nature.