The Resource American torture : from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond, Michael Otterman
American torture : from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond, Michael Otterman
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The item American torture : from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond, Michael Otterman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
- -- Exposes the secret history of US torture at home and abroad --George W. Bush calls them an alternative set of procedures, vital tools needed to protect the American people and our allies. These tools include forced standing for up to forty hours, sleep deprivation for weeks on end, dousing naked prisoners with ice water in rooms chilled to ten degrees, and strapping prisoners to inclined boards then flooding their mouths with water. These techniques are torture, and they are used by the United States of America. American Torture reveals how torture became standard practice in todays War on Terror. Long before Abu Ghraib became a household name, the US military and CIA used torture with impunity at home and abroad. Billions of dollars were spent during the Cold War studying, refining, then teaching these techniques to American interrogators and to foreign officers charged with keeping Communism at bay. As the Cold War ended, these tortures were legalised using the very laws designed to eradicate their use. After 9/11, they were revived again for use on enemy combatants detained in Americas vast gulag of prisons across the globe, from secret CIA black sites in Thailand to the detention centre at GuantÁnamo Bay, Cuba. American Torture shows that the road to Abu Ghraib leads back through US military survival schools, Latin American military assistance programs, Vietnamese counter-terror operations and, finally, to Americas Cold War enemies: the USSR and communist China. It traces how the practice was refined, spread and kept legal. Such methods violate more than international law and fundamental human rights. As Michael Otterman reveals, they radicalise enemies, undermine credibility and yield unreliable intelligence. Above all, they do not make us more safe
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 285 pages)
- Note
- "First published 2007 by Melbourne University Press"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- In their own words
- A climate of fear
- Stress inoculation
- Codifying cruelty
- The phoenix factor
- In America's backyard
- The human cost
- Alive and legal
- The gloves come off, Part I
- Guantánamo
- The gloves come off, Part II
- The dual state
- Isbn
- 9781849643665
- Label
- American torture : from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond
- Title
- American torture
- Title remainder
- from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Otterman
- Subject
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- 1900-1999
- Folter
- HISTORY -- Military | General
- History
- Kriegsgefangener
- Misshandlung
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Civil Rights
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Human Rights
- Prisoners of war -- Abuse of
- Regierung
- Torture
- Torture -- Government policy
- Torture -- Government policy -- United States
- Torture -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Torture -- United States
- USA
- United States
- Prisoners of war -- Abuse of -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- -- Exposes the secret history of US torture at home and abroad --George W. Bush calls them an alternative set of procedures, vital tools needed to protect the American people and our allies. These tools include forced standing for up to forty hours, sleep deprivation for weeks on end, dousing naked prisoners with ice water in rooms chilled to ten degrees, and strapping prisoners to inclined boards then flooding their mouths with water. These techniques are torture, and they are used by the United States of America. American Torture reveals how torture became standard practice in todays War on Terror. Long before Abu Ghraib became a household name, the US military and CIA used torture with impunity at home and abroad. Billions of dollars were spent during the Cold War studying, refining, then teaching these techniques to American interrogators and to foreign officers charged with keeping Communism at bay. As the Cold War ended, these tortures were legalised using the very laws designed to eradicate their use. After 9/11, they were revived again for use on enemy combatants detained in Americas vast gulag of prisons across the globe, from secret CIA black sites in Thailand to the detention centre at GuantÁnamo Bay, Cuba. American Torture shows that the road to Abu Ghraib leads back through US military survival schools, Latin American military assistance programs, Vietnamese counter-terror operations and, finally, to Americas Cold War enemies: the USSR and communist China. It traces how the practice was refined, spread and kept legal. Such methods violate more than international law and fundamental human rights. As Michael Otterman reveals, they radicalise enemies, undermine credibility and yield unreliable intelligence. Above all, they do not make us more safe
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Otterman, Michael
- Dewey number
- 323.490973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV8599.U6
- LC item number
- O88 2007eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Torture
- Torture
- Torture
- Prisoners of war
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- Prisoners of war
- Torture
- Torture
- United States
- Folter
- Kriegsgefangener
- Misshandlung
- Regierung
- USA
- Label
- American torture : from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond, Michael Otterman
- Note
- "First published 2007 by Melbourne University Press"--Title page verso
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-272) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- In their own words -- A climate of fear -- Stress inoculation -- Codifying cruelty -- The phoenix factor -- In America's backyard -- The human cost -- Alive and legal -- The gloves come off, Part I -- Guantánamo -- The gloves come off, Part II -- The dual state
- Control code
- 655848214
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 285 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781849643665
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
- 9780745326702
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt184pkkx
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
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- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)655848214
- Label
- American torture : from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond, Michael Otterman
- Note
- "First published 2007 by Melbourne University Press"--Title page verso
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-272) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- In their own words -- A climate of fear -- Stress inoculation -- Codifying cruelty -- The phoenix factor -- In America's backyard -- The human cost -- Alive and legal -- The gloves come off, Part I -- Guantánamo -- The gloves come off, Part II -- The dual state
- Control code
- 655848214
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 285 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781849643665
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9780745326702
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt184pkkx
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)655848214
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Folter
- HISTORY -- Military | General
- History
- Kriegsgefangener
- Misshandlung
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Civil Rights
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Human Rights
- Prisoners of war -- Abuse of
- Regierung
- Torture
- Torture -- Government policy
- Torture -- Government policy -- United States
- Torture -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Torture -- United States
- USA
- United States
- Prisoners of war -- Abuse of -- United States
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