Download or read book The Illustrated History of Torture written by Jack Vernon and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torture has a way of making the ordinary seem sinister. Objects that are pleasurable or useful in their everyday contexts, have all been deployed with chilling ingenuity by the world's torturers in recent times. This book examines what constitutes torture, the etymology of torture terms and whether torture can ever be justified.