Torture, intelligence and sousveillance in the War on Terror : agenda-building struggles / Vian Bakir.
Torture, Intelligence and Sousveillance in the War on Terror examines the communication battles of the Bush and Blair political administrations (and those of their successors in America and Britain) over their use of torture, first-hand or second-hand, to gain intelligence for the War on Terror. Exp...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2016.
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| Series: | Classical and contemporary social theory.
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| Summary: | Torture, Intelligence and Sousveillance in the War on Terror examines the communication battles of the Bush and Blair political administrations (and those of their successors in America and Britain) over their use of torture, first-hand or second-hand, to gain intelligence for the War on Terror. Exploring key agenda-building drivers that exposed the torture-intelligence nexus and presenting detailed case studies of key media events from the UK and USA, this insightful volume exposes dominant political discourses on the torture-for-intelligence policy. Whether in the form of unauthorized leaks, |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: Farnham: Ashgate, 2013. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317009788 1317009789 9781317009795 1317009797 9781317009771 1317009770 9781315550824 1315550822 9781409422556 1409422550 9781138252998 1138252999 |
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