More Information on Torture

At the request of several who attended the Oscar Romero awards presentation, we are providing a list of some of the books available to learn more about torture. The websites are also listed as possibilities of agencies that might offer suggestions on how you can help.

BOOKS
Conroy, John. Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture.  Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000

Danner, Mark. Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib and the War on Terror.  New York: New York Review of Books, 2004

Duner, Bertil.  An End to Torture: Strategies for its Eradication.  London, Zed Books, 1998 

Gerrity, Ellen. The Mental Health Consequences of  Torture. New York: Kluwer T. Keane & F. Tuma (eds) Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001

Herman, Judith. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. New York: Basic Books, 1992

Hersh, Seymour. Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib. New York: Harper Collins, 2004

Kyi, Aund San Suu. Freedom from Fear. New York: Penguin Books USA Inc., 1995

Levinson, Sanford. Torture: A Collection. Oxford University Press, 2004

Ortiz, Dianna. The Blindfold’s Eyes: My Journey from Torture to Truth.  Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2002

Partnoy, Alicia. The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival. San Francisco, California: Midnight Editions, 1998

Ratner, Michael and Ray, Ellen. Guantanamo: What the World Should Know. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2004

Suedfeld, Peter. Psychology and Torture.  New York: Hemisphere Publishing, 1990

Weschler, Lawrence. A Miracle, A Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers.  New York: Pantheon Books, 1990

WEBSITES

www.ACLU.org

www.HumanRightsFirst.org

www.HumanRightsWatch.org

www.markdanner.com

www.tassc.org

Both the Mark Danner site and the TASSC site have links to additional websites.

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