Why did it happen? Why did the United States begin to torture
detainees during the War on Terror? Instead of an indictment, this
book presents an explanation. Crises produce rare opportunities for
overcoming the domestic and foreign policylogjams facing political
leaders. But what if the projects used to address the crisis and
provide cover for their domestic policy initiatives come under
serious threat from clandestine opponents? Then the restraints on
interrogation can be overwhelmed, leading to the creation
ofinformal institutions that allow the official establishment of
torture. These ideas are tested using comparative historical
narratives drawn from two cases where torture was adopted - the War
on Terror and the Stalinist Terror - and one where it was not - the
Mexican War. The book concludes with some thoughts about how the
United States can avoid the legal establishment of torture in the
future.
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