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Author Newbery, Samantha, author.

Title Interrogation, intelligence and security : controversial British techniques / Samantha Newbery
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Intelligence service -- Great Britain.
Questioning -- Great Britain
Military interrogation -- Great Britain
Torture -- Great Britain
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Intelligence & Espionage.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Intelligence service
Military interrogation
Questioning
Torture
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780719098352
0719098351
9781781708552
178170855X