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Lareg looks at the intimate relationship between torture and colonial domination through a close examination of the French army's coercive tactics during the Algerian war of 1954-1962. By tracing the psychological, cultural and political meanings of torture at the end of the French empire, she also looks at Iraq and Afghanistan.Lazreg, Marnia is the author of 'Torture & the Twilight of Empire From Algiers to Baghdad', published 2007 under ISBN 9780691131351 and ISBN 069113135X.
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