{"product_id":"a-question-of-torture-cia-interrogation-from-the-cold-war-to-the-war-on-terror-american-empire-project-9780805080414","title":"A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror (American Empire Project)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror (American Empire Project)\u003c\/strong\u003e by McCoy, Alfred. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780805080414.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA startling exposé of the CIAs development and spread of psychological torture, from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond\nIn this revelatory account of the CIAs secret, fifty-year effort to develop new forms of torture, historian Alfred W. McCoy uncovers the deep, disturbing roots of recent scandals at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo. 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.\nDeveloped at the cost of billions of dollars, the CIAs method combined \"sensory deprivation\" and \"self-inflicted pain\" to create a revolutionary psychological approach--the first innovation in torture in centuries. The simple techniques--involving isolation, hooding, hours of standing, extremes of hot and cold, and manipulation of time--constitute an all-out assault on the victims senses, destroying the basis of personal identity. McCoy follows the years of research--which, he reveals, compromised universities and the U.S. Army--and the methods dissemination, from Vietnam through Iran to Central America. He traces how after 9\/11 torture became Washingtons weapon of choice in both the CIAs global prisons and in \"torture-friendly\" countries to which detainees are dispatched. Finally McCoy argues that information extracted by coercion is worthless, making a case for the legal approach favored by the FBI.\nScrupulously documented and grippingly told, A Question of Torture is a devastating indictment of inhumane practices that have spread throughout the intelligence system, damaging Americans laws, military, and international standing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Metropolitan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983734698037,"sku":"ByrdShop_0805080414","price":32.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805080414_ab331d43-919e-4742-8998-c1a9a8a82223.jpg?v=1778638079","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-question-of-torture-cia-interrogation-from-the-cold-war-to-the-war-on-terror-american-empire-project-9780805080414","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}