Preface to the New Edition
Foreword by the Former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches
Preface by the Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo
Introduction to the Brazilian Edition
Part 1: Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Punishment
1: Torture Classes: Guinea Pig Prisoners
2: Modes and Instruments of Torture
3: Torture of Children and Women
4: Medical Assistance to Torture
Part II: The Repressive System
5: The Origins of the Military Regime
6: The Consolidation of the Authoritarian State
7: The History and Legal Structure of the Repressive System
8: How Suspects Were Detained
Part III: Against Everything and Everybody
9: A Profile of Repression
10: Against Leftist Organizations
11: Against Targeted Social Groups
12: Against "Subversion"
Part IV: Distortion of the Law
13: The Nature of Judicial Proceedings
14: Six Sample Cases
Part V: "This Is Where Hell Is..."
15: The Houses of Horror
16: The Consequences of Torture
17: Deaths under Torture
18: The Disappeared
Notes
Appendices
I. Glossary of Acronyms
II. Statement on Torture by the World Council of Churches
III. List of "Disappeared" Political Prisoners