The Torturer's Dilemma: Analyzing the Logic of Torture for Information

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT vii
1. TELL ME THE TRUTH: Torture for Information
2. THE LOGIC OF TORTURE: Why Shouldn't Torture Work?
2.1. Introduction
2.2. A History of Torture
2.3. Conceptualizing Torture
2.4. A Model of Torture
2.5. Evaluating the Model through Case Studies
3. THE WITCHHUNT: Slavery, Coercion and Misinformation in the Salem
Witch-Trials
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Witch Craft in New England
3.3. The Crisis in Salem
3.4. The End of the Trials
3.5. The Deceptive Cycle
3.6. The Strategic Logic of Coercive Interrogation
3.7. Torture, Tituba and Slavery
3.8. Conclusion
4. A TALE OF TWO ALGERIAS: Torture in the Casbah and the Bled
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Analysing Torture
4.3. The Battle of Algiers
4.4. Torture in the Casbah
4.5. Torture in the Bled
4.6. Weighing the Costs and Benefits
4.7. Conclusion
5. TORTURE AND TERRORISM: Coercive Interrogation in the War on
Terror
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Torture at Guantanamo
5.3. Torture in Iraq
5.4. Torture by the CIA
5.5. A Critical Case: Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi
5.6. Conclusion
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