List of Tables, Figures, and Photographs; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. Violent Lives; 2. Reconstructing Atrocity; 3. Locating Torturers and Murderers; 4. Deposing Atrocity and Managing Secrecy; 5. Biography Intersects History; 6. Personalistic Masculinity; 7. Bureaucratizing Masculinity; 8. Blended Masculinity; 9. Shaping Identities and Obedience: A Murderous Dynamic; 10. Secret and Insular Worlds of Serial Torturers and Executioners; 11. Moral Universes of Torturers and Murderers; 12. Hung Out to Dry; Conclusion: The Alchemy of Torture and Execution; References; Index
Summary
Of the 23 Brazilian policemen interviewed in depth for this landmark study, 14 were direct perpetrators of torture and murder during the three decades that included the 1964-1985 military regime. The policemen help answer questions that haunt today's world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index
