{"product_id":"a-question-of-torture-cia-interrogation-from-the-cold-war-to-the-war-on-terror-9780805082487","title":"A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An indispensable and riveting account\" of the CIA's development and use of torture, from the cold war to Abu Ghraib and beyond (Naomi Klein, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this revelatory account of the CIA's fifty-year effort to develop new forms of torture, historian Alfred W. McCoy locates the deep roots of recent scandals at Abu Ghraib and Guant?namo in a long-standing, covert program of interrogation. \u003ci\u003eA Question of Torture\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the CIA's practice of \"sensory deprivation\" and \"self-inflicted pain,\" in which techniques including isolation, hooding, hours of standing, and manipulation of time assault the victim's senses and destroy the basis of personal identity. McCoy traces the spread of these practices across the globe, from Vietnam to Iran to Central America, and argues that after 9\/11, psychological torture became the weapon of choice in the CIA's global prisons, reinforced by \"rendition\" of detainees to \"torture-friendly\" countries. Finally, McCoy shows that information extracted by coercion is worthless, making a strong case for the FBI's legal methods of interrogation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScrupulously documented and grippingly told, \u003ci\u003eA Question of Torture\u003c\/i\u003e is a devastating indictment of inhumane practices that have damaged America's laws, military, and international standing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred W. McCoy\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at the University of \u003cbr\u003eWisconsin-Madison. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCloser Than Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566268158226,"sku":"9780805082487","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_48733622-b5f3-4c6b-8cc1-ff6add61caa8.jpg?v=1731894184","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-question-of-torture-cia-interrogation-from-the-cold-war-to-the-war-on-terror-9780805082487","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}