A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror

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*A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror* is a historical and investigative study by Alfred W. McCoy that traces the development, methods, and global impact of U.S. psychological torture and interrogation practices from the early Cold War through the post-9/11 era.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical study ⓘ
investigative study ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
addresses ethical implications of psychological torture ⓘ
impact of torture on international law ⓘ
analyzes continuities between Cold War and post-9/11 interrogation practices ⓘ
role of behavioral science in interrogation ⓘ
author Alfred W. McCoy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes legal justifications for coercive interrogation ⓘ
use of torture by U.S. government ⓘ
examines CIA Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual ⓘ
CIA KUBARK interrogation manual ⓘ
CIA research into self-inflicted pain ⓘ
CIA research into sensory deprivation ⓘ
export of U.S. interrogation techniques to allied regimes ⓘ
field history ⓘ
human rights studies ⓘ
political science ⓘ
security studies ⓘ
focusesOn development of U.S. psychological interrogation methods ⓘ
global impact of U.S. torture practices ⓘ
genre human rights literature ⓘ
political history ⓘ
hasPerspective critical of U.S. security policy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor documenting global dissemination of U.S. torture techniques ⓘ
linking academic research to operational interrogation programs ⓘ
publisher Metropolitan Books ⓘ
relatedTo Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse ⓘ
linked to: Abu Ghraib prison

Guantánamo Bay detention camp ⓘ
Project MKUltra ⓘ
subject Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
War on Terror ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
interrogation ⓘ
psychological torture ⓘ
torture ⓘ
timePeriodCovered early Cold War ⓘ
post-9/11 era ⓘ

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