THE DEVOLUTION OF DETENTION
From the Bolshevik Revolution to 9/11, mass detention starts as a temporary measure and becomes an indefinite nightmare.
Andrea Pitzer is a journalist and author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps and The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov. She is on Twitter as @andreapitzer.
From the Bolshevik Revolution to 9/11, mass detention starts as a temporary measure and becomes an indefinite nightmare.
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