Question of Torture
A startling exposé of the CIA''s development and spread of psychological torture, from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond
In this revelatory account of the CIA''s 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 Quest...
A startling exposé of the CIA''s development and spread of psychological torture, from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond
In this revelatory account of the CIA''s 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 Quest...
