7202610The History of Torturehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-history-of-torture-9798337200279/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6747972/image.jpg?v=638709300046330000206251MXNOpen Road MediaInStock/Ebooks/The author of The Way of the Gladiator continues his exploration of the dark side of history with this grisly account of pain and punishment through the ages.Human beings have a deep-seated instinct for cruelty, and, so far, have not evolved much past it. History is rife with examples of the infliction of pain used as penalty or execution. In The History of Torture, Daniel P. Mannix takes you from the crucifixions of ancient Rome, to the hanging of women during the Salem witch trials, to the atrocities discovered at Nazi concentration camps.The act of torture has shifted from simple barbarism to advanced psychological techniques thanks to science and technology. Now its not just an actual flogging that will have a prisoner spilling his guts, but law enforcements coercive tactics that might prompt a confession.Follow Mannix as he: leads you into the chambers of Inquisitors, who elevated torture to an art form; illuminates the myriad miseries of the slave trade, Americas greatest contribution to the torture hall of fame; and explains the most terrible and famous of all Chinese tortures, the Ling-chez or death of a thousand cuts.No country or culture is spared in this wide-reaching survey of suffering....6854573The History of Torture206251https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-history-of-torture-9798337200279/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6747972/image.jpg?v=638709300046330000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259798337200279_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9798337200279_The author of The Way of the Gladiator continues his exploration of the dark side of history with this grisly account of pain and punishment through the ages.Human beings have a deep-seated instinct for cruelty, and, so far, have not evolved much past it. History is rife with examples of the infliction of pain used as penalty or execution. In The History of Torture, Daniel P. Mannix takes you from the crucifixions of ancient Rome, to the hanging of women during the Salem witch trials, to the atrocities discovered at Nazi concentration camps.The act of torture has shifted from simple barbarism to advanced psychological techniques thanks to science and technology. Now its not just an actual flogging that will have a prisoner spilling his guts, but law enforcements coercive tactics that might prompt a confession.Follow Mannix as he: leads you into the chambers of Inquisitors, who elevated torture to an art form; illuminates the myriad miseries of the slave trade, Americas greatest contribution to the torture hall of fame; and explains the most terrible and famous of all Chinese tortures, the Ling-chez or death of a thousand cuts.No country or culture is spared in this wide-reaching survey of suffering....9798337200279_Open Road Mediapreventa9798337200279_9798337200279Daniel P.InglésMéxico2025-03-04T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-02eb03d2-1c5f-4079-831e-0922dd01bebe.epub2025-03-04T00:00:00+00:00Open Road Media