One of the most comprehensive examinations of US torture policy,
from the Cold War to the War on Terror to the debate over
accountability Waterboarding. Sleep deprivation. Sensory
manipulation. Stress positions. Over the last several years, these
and other methods of torture have become garden variety words for
practically anyone who reads about current events in a newspaper or
blog. We know exactly what they are, how to administer them, and,
disturbingly, that they were secretly authorized by the Bush
Administration in its efforts to extract information from people
detained in its war on terror. What we lack, however, is a larger
lens through which to view America's policy of torture-one that
dissects America's long relationship with interrogation and
torture, which roots back to the 1950s and has been applied, mostly
in secret, to "enemies," ever since. How did America come to
embrace this practice so fully, and how was it justified from a
moral, legal, and psychological perspective? The United States and
Torture opens with a compelling preface by Sister Dianna Ortiz, who
describes the unimaginable treatment she endured in Guatemala in
1987 at the hands of the the Guatemalan government, which was
supported by the United States. Then a psychologist, a historian, a
political scientist, a philosopher, a sociologist, two journalists,
and eight lawyers offer one of the most comprehensive examinations
of torture to date, beginning with the CIA during the Cold War era
and ending with today's debate over accountability for torture.
Ultimately, this gripping, interdisciplinary work details the
complicity of the United States government in the torture and cruel
treatment of prisoners both at home and abroad and discusses what
can be done to hold those who set the torture policy accountable.
Contributors: Marjorie Cohn, Richard Falk, Marc D. Falkoff, Terry
Lynn Karl, John W. Lango, Jane Mayer, Alfred W. McCoy, Jeanne
Mirer, Sister Dianna Ortiz, Jordan J. Paust, Bill Quigley, Michael
Ratner, Thomas Ehrlich Reifer, Philippe Sands, Stephen Soldz, and
Lance Tapley.
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