George W. Bush calls them an 'alternative set of procedures', vital tools needed 'to protect the American people and our allies'. American Torture reveals how torture became standard practice in today's War on Terror.
'Tools' including being forced standing for up to forty hours, sleep deprivation for weeks on end and dousing naked prisoners with ice are undeniably torture, and they are used by the United States of America. 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. This book writes the history of these methods and their invention and adoption by US military personnel.
- ISBN10 0745326706
- ISBN13 9780745326702
- Publish Date 20 March 2007 (first published 1 March 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pluto Press
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 296
- Language English