- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd; New edition edition (25 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0719566207
- ISBN-13: 978-0719566202
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 505,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Extensive, colourful and important book, showing us at first hand the secret mind-war that lies at the heart of the fight against Al-Qaeda' -- The Sunday Times 20040718 'A fascinating and important book' -- Sunday Telegraph 20040725 'A vivid, gritty look at the pressures and compromises attendant on this unconventional war' -- starred Publishers Weekly 20040719 'Fascinating study of the interrogator's art...a nicely balanced, insightful work...all told with pace and precision...It is an excoriating verdict on the intelligence capabilities of the world's sole superpower' -- Evening Standard 20040719 'The most powerful thriller-like passages of an impressive book reconstruct specific mental duels with terrorist suspects.' -- Guardian 20050430 'Sincere and convincing.' -- Financial Times 20050430
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'A vivid, gritty look at the pressures and compromises attendant on this unconventional war'
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This is a substantive (478 pg) volume that details a US interrogator's time in Afghanistan shortly after the US-led invasion. I found it quite interesting - it follows the author through his training in US military facilities through his subsequent career in US military intelligence and into his deployment to Afghanistan.
One of the real take-away points I got from this was just how strongly and effectively an interrogator can apply pressure to a suspect without breaching the Geneva Conventions.
This is not a 'how to..' book on interrogation, nor is it a detailed observers account of interrogation as an entity, the history of interrogation or US units it is one man's account of his own experiences from his perspective over his career.
However it is intended to be very educational, this guy is no Andy McNab, he presents a full explanation of a number of 'case studies' that he personally handled in an operational context and outlines the tactics and procedures that US military intelligence uses.
PS - there's no waterboarding before you ask.
One of the real take-away points I got from this was just how strongly and effectively an interrogator can apply pressure to a suspect without breaching the Geneva Conventions.
This is not a 'how to..' book on interrogation, nor is it a detailed observers account of interrogation as an entity, the history of interrogation or US units it is one man's account of his own experiences from his perspective over his career.
However it is intended to be very educational, this guy is no Andy McNab, he presents a full explanation of a number of 'case studies' that he personally handled in an operational context and outlines the tactics and procedures that US military intelligence uses.
PS - there's no waterboarding before you ask.
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