num_pages: 192
description: More than one hundred photographs accompany this unique and macabre look at the use of torture throughout the ages, exploring the legalities and practicalities of the systematic abuse of humans, from the rack to modern-day drugs. 15,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The History of Torture
titlecomplete: The History of Torture
genres: Anthropology, True Crime, History, Historical, Reference, Education, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 193
publisher: St. Martin's Press