Pugliese, Joseph, 1959-

State violence and the execution of law : biopolitical caesurae of torture, black sites, drones / Joseph Pugliese. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013. - vii, 234 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Biopolitical caesurae of state violence -- Shadow archives of torture -- Biopolitical hierarchies of life -- Epidemiologies of state bioterror -- Black sites, redacted bodies -- Prosthetics of empire and the anomic violence of drones.

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Biological warfare.
Biopolitics.
Drone aircraft.
Implied powers (Constitutional law)
Rule of law.
Torture (International law)
Violence (Law)
Violence--United States.
War (International law)


United States--Military policy.

State violence.

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