Anatomy Of Torture Ron E Hassner by Ron E. Hassner 9781501762031, 1501762036 instant download after payment.

Does torture "work?"
Can controversial techniques such as waterboarding extract crucial and
reliable intelligence? Since 9/11, this question has been angrily
debated in the halls of power and the court of public opinion. InAnatomy of Torture,
Ron E. Hassner mines the archives of the Spanish Inquisition to propose
an answer that will frustrate and infuriate both sides of the divide.
The
Inquisition's scribes recorded every torment, every scream, and every
confession in the torture chamber. Their transcripts reveal that
Inquisitors used torture deliberately and meticulously, unlike the rash,
improvised methods used by the United States after 9/11. In their
relentless pursuit of underground Jewish communities in Spain and
Mexico, the Inquisition tortured in cold blood. But they treated any
information extracted with caution: torture was used to test information
provided through other means, not to uncover startling new evidence.

Hassner's findings inAnatomy of Torture
have important implications for ongoing torture debates. Rather than
insist that torture is ineffective, torture critics should focus their
attention on the morality of torture. If torture is evil, its efficacy
is irrelevant. At the same time, torture defenders cannot advocate for
torture as a counterterrorist "quick fix": torture has never located,
nor will ever locate, the hypothetical "ticking bomb" that is frequently
invoked to justify brutality in the name of security.