Vsemirnaia istoriia pytok - Braian Innes

Humanity has used torture for thousands of years. From buck to electricity, from witch hunt spree and inquisition to modernity, whether we like it or not, torture is part of human existence.

This illustrated book fully reveals the terrible history of torture from ancient times to the present day: primitive instruments of torture like buck are replaced by more "perfect" instruments like the infamous "Spanish Boots" in casemates inquisitions, followed by electrodes, hallucinogens and sophisticated methods of psychological influence in the torture chambers of Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.

More than 100 illustrations of various instruments and methods of torture completely immerse the reader in the gloomy and shocking atmosphere of one of the darkest aspects of human history.