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

By:

Newbery, Samantha [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780719098352
0719098351
9781781708552
178170855X

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Interrogation, intelligence and security.DDC classification:

363.2/540941 23

LOC classification:

HV8073.3 .N49 2015

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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'.

Summary: Examines the origins and effects of the use of interrogation techniques known as the 'five techniques'. Through its in-depth analysis, the book reveals how British forces came to use such controversial methods in counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and internal security contexts. This book will be of particualr interest to security professionals, academics and members of the public interested in the torture debate, intelligence, the military, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism, foreign policy and law enforcement. -- page 4 of cover.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examines the origins and effects of the use of interrogation techniques known as the 'five techniques'. Through its in-depth analysis, the book reveals how British forces came to use such controversial methods in counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and internal security contexts. This book will be of particualr interest to security professionals, academics and members of the public interested in the torture debate, intelligence, the military, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism, foreign policy and law enforcement. -- page 4 of cover.

English.

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