Interrogation in War and Conflict - A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Analysis

List of contents

Preface, Christopher Andrew and Simona Tobia Introduction: The Modern History of Interrogation, Christopher Andrew 1. A Process of Modernization? Prisoner of War Interrogation and Human Intelligence Gathering in the First World War, Heather Jones 2. Stalin, The NKVD and the Investigation of the Kremlin case: Prelude to the Great Terror, Svetlana Lokhova 3. World War Two Interrogations and British Foreign Intelligence: the Case of ELGAR, Christian Bjoern Bak 4. Gestapo Interrogations: Myths and Realities, J. Ryan Stackhouse 5. ‘Instructive for the Future’: The Interrogation of the Major War Criminals in Germany, 1945, Richard Overy 6. Crushing Czechoslovak Identity: Stalinist Violence and the Resistance of Czechoslovak Ex-Political Prisoners from the Communist Era, Kristýna Bušková and Nigel Hunt 7. Interrogation and ‘Psychological Intelligence’: the Construction of Propaganda during the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1958, Thomas J. Maguire 8. The British Army, Violence, Interrogation and Shortcomings in Intelligence Gathering during the Cyprus Emergency 1955-59, Charlie Standley 9. The French Military in its Last Colonial War. Algeria, 1954-1962: the Reign of Torture, Raphaëlle Branche 10. War and Interrogation: The Rhodesian Bush war, Sue Onslow 11. Interrogation during ‘the Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, 1971-75, Samantha Newbery 12. A Perceived Neutrality: an Englishwoman’s Reflections on Working as an Interpreter for Suspect and Witness Interviews at the International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Louise Askew 13. Coercive Interrogation and the International Criminal Tribunals, Matt Pollard Conclusions: Interrogation, Interviewing and Questioning in the Twentieth Century, Simona Tobia

Summary

This edited volume offers a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of interrogation and questioning in war and conflict in the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Tobia Andrew
• Assisted by: Christopher Andrew (Editor), Simona Tobia (Editor), Tobia Simona (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2014
• EAN: 9780415828031
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82803-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Studies in Intelligence
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Espionage & secret services, Criminal investigation & detection, Criminal investigation and detection, Espionage and secret services, Human rights, civil rights