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

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book historical study investigative study non-fiction book

*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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizes	legal justifications for coercive interrogation ⓘ use of torture by U.S. government ⓘ
examines	CIA KUBARK interrogation manual ⓘ surface form: 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 prison ⓘ surface form: Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ surface form: Guantánamo Bay detention camp Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control ⓘ surface form: Project MKUltra
subject	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ Cold War ⓘ U.S. foreign policy ⓘ Global War on Terrorism ⓘ surface form: War on Terror human rights ⓘ interrogation ⓘ psychological torture ⓘ torture ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	early Cold War ⓘ post-9/11 era ⓘ

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