Interrogation in War and Conflict

<p>This edited volume offers a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of interrogation and questioning in war and conflict in the twentieth century. </p><p>Despite the current public interest and its military importance interrogation and questioning in conflict is still a largely under-researched theme. This volume's methodological thrust is to select historical case studies ranging in time from the Great War to the conflicts in former Yugoslavia and including the Second World War decolonization the Cold War the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland and international justice cases in The Hague each of which raises interdisciplinary issues about the role of interrogation. These case-studies were selected because they resurface previously unexplored sources on the topic or revisit known cases which allow us to analyse the role of interrogation and questioning in intelligence security and military operations. </p><p>Written by a group of experts from a range of disciplines including history intelligence psychology law and human rights <i>Interrogation in War and Conflict</i> provides a study of the main turning points in interrogation and questioning in twentieth-century conflicts over a wide geographical area. The collection also looks at issues such as the extent of the use of harsh techniques the value of interrogation to military intelligence security and international justice the development of interrogation as a separate profession in intelligence as well as the relationship between interrogation and questioning and wider society.</p><p>This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies strategic studies counter-terrorism international justice history and IR in general.</p>