Witch hunts : from Salem to Guantanamo Bay /
Robert Rapley.
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007.
- xii, 311 p. ;
Includes bibliographical references: p. [283]-311.
Pt. 1. Witches and fear of the devil -- The Bamberg and Wurzburg witch hunts, 1626-1630 -- The characteristics of a witch hunt -- The devil in Loudun -- The arbitrary terror of a witch hunt -- The Salem witches -- Hysteria set loose -- pt. 2. The Dreyfus affair -- If it walks like a duck -- The Scottsboro boys -- The witch hunters -- The Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven -- Poer, secrecy, and the witch hunt -- pt. 3. America after 9/11 -- The president -- Muslim fears -- Guantanamo Bay -- Torture, rendition, and "ghost prisoners" -- The case of Maher Arat -- The shape of things to come.
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Civil rights--History--Case studies. Trials (Witchcraft)--History--Case studies. Judicial error--History--Case studies. Terrorism--Political aspects--United States. Terrorism--Prevention.--United States Prisoners--Abuse of--History. Terrorisme--Prévention--Aspect politique--États-Unis. Erreur judiciaire--Histoire. Procès (Sorcellerie)--Histoire. Violence envers les prisonniers--Histoire. Droits de l'homme--Cas, Études de. Heksenvervolgingen. Massahysterie. Rechterlijke dwalingen. Terrorisme.