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The Black Banners (Declassified) - How Torture Derailed the War on Terror after 9/11 (Hardcover, Declassified Edition) Loot Price: R576
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The Black Banners (Declassified) - How Torture Derailed the War on Terror after 9/11 (Hardcover, Declassified Edition): Ali...

The Black Banners (Declassified) - How Torture Derailed the War on Terror after 9/11 (Hardcover, Declassified Edition)

Ali Soufan; As told to Daniel Freedman

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Widely heralded on publication as a "must-read" (Military Review) and "important window on America's battle with al-Qaeda" (Washington Post), Ali Soufan's revelatory account of the war on terror as seen from its front lines changed the way we understand al-Qaeda and how the United States prosecuted the war-and led to hard questions being asked of our leaders. When The Black Banners was published in 2011, significant portions of the text were redacted. After subsequent review by the Central Intelligence Agency, those redactions have been lifted. Their removal corrects the record on how vital intelligence was obtained from al-Qaeda suspects and brings forth important new details on the controversial use of enhanced interrogation techniques (torture) to extract information from terror suspects. For many years, proponents of the use of these techniques have argued that they produced actionable intelligence in the war on terror. This edition of The Black Banners explodes this myth; it shows Soufan at work using guile and intelligent questioning-not force or violence-to extract some of the most important confessions in the war, and it vividly recounts the failures of the government's torture program. Drawing on Soufan's experiences as a lead operative for the FBI and declassified government records, The Black Banners (Declassified) documents the intelligence failures that lead to the tragic attacks on New York and Washington, DC, and subsequently how torture derailed the fight against al-Qaeda. With this edition, eighteen years on from the first sanctioned enhanced interrogation technique, the public can finally read the complete story of what happened in their name after the events of 9/11. The Black Banners (Declassified) includes a new foreword from Ali Soufan that addresses the significance of the CIA's decision to lift the redactions.

General

Imprint: W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2020
Authors: Ali Soufan
As told to: Daniel Freedman
Dimensions: 244 x 165 x 43mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 640
Edition: Declassified Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-54072-7
Categories: Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN: 0-393-54072-3
Barcode: 9780393540727

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