A question of torture: CIA interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror

"In this revelatory account of the CIA's secret fifty-years effort to develop new forms of torture, historian Alfred W. McCoy uncovers the deep, disturbing roots of recent scandals at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Far from aberrations, as the White House has claimed. A Question of Torture sho...

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1. Verfasser: McCoy, Alfred W. 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Metropolitan Books 2006
Ausgabe:1st ed.
Schriftenreihe:The American empire project
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Zusammenfassung:"In this revelatory account of the CIA's secret fifty-years effort to develop new forms of torture, historian Alfred W. McCoy uncovers the deep, disturbing roots of recent scandals at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Far from aberrations, as the White House has claimed. A Question of Torture shows that these abuses are the product of a long-standing covert program of interrogation."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-270) and index
Beschreibung:290 p.
ISBN:9780805080414
0805080414

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