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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Predicate Object
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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