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Bruce Lincoln.Religion, Empire, and Torture: The Case of Achaemenian Persia, with a Postscript on Abu Ghraib.:Religion, Empire, and Torture: The Case of Achaemenian Persia, with a Postscript on Abu Ghraib
Title: Bruce Lincoln.Religion, Empire, and Torture: The Case of Achaemenian Persia, with a Postscript on Abu Ghraib.:Religion, Empire, and Torture: The Case of Achaemenian Persia, with a Postscript on Abu Ghraib
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