Interrogation, intelligence and security : controversial British techniques / Samantha Newbery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newbery, Samantha, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service--Great Britain.

Intelligence service.

Questioning--Great Britain.

Questioning.

Military interrogation--Great Britain.

Military interrogation.

Torture--Great Britain.

Torture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Samantha Newbery examines the origins and effects of a group of controversial interrogation techniques often described as torture, known as the 'five techniques'. Focusing on the colony of Aden at a time when British rule was being challenged by nationalist insurgents (1963-67), on the height of 'the troubles' in Northern Ireland (1971) and the conflict in Iraq (2003), the book explores the use of hooding to restrict vision, white noise, stress positions, limited sleep and a limited diet.

Contents:

1. The 'five techniques' of interrogation and the Aden Emergency, 1963-67

2. Aden : results and reactions

3. 'The troubles', policy-making and interrogation, 1969-71

4. The government's response : banning the 'five techniques'

5. The 'five techniques', intelligence, and security in Northern Ireland

6. Basra, Iraq, September 2003

7. The impact of the reoccurrence of the 'five techniques'.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 23, 2015).

ISBN:

9780719098352

9780719098345

0719098343

9781781708552

178170855X