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Tortured Logic - Why Some Americans Support the Use of Torture in Counterterrorism (Hardcover)
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Tortured Logic - Why Some Americans Support the Use of Torture in Counterterrorism (Hardcover)
Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
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Experts in the intelligence community say that torture is
ineffective. Yet much of the public appears unconvinced: surveys
show that nearly half of Americans think that torture can be
acceptable for counterterrorism purposes. Why do people persist in
supporting torture-and can they be persuaded to change their minds?
In Tortured Logic, Erin M. Kearns and Joseph K. Young draw upon a
novel series of group experiments to understand how and why the
average citizen might come to support the use of torture
techniques. They find evidence that when torture is depicted as
effective in the media, people are more likely to approve of it.
Their analysis weighs variables such as the ethnicity of the
interrogator and the suspect; the salience of one's own mortality;
and framing by experts. Kearns and Young also examine who changes
their opinions about torture and how, demonstrating that only some
individuals have fixed views while others have more malleable
beliefs. They argue that efforts to reduce support for torture
should focus on convincing those with fluid views that torture is
ineffective. The book features interviews with experienced
interrogators and professionals working in the field to
contextualize its findings. Bringing empirical rigor to a fraught
topic, Tortured Logic has important implications for understanding
public perceptions of counterterrorism strategy.
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