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dc.contributor.authorHowey, James
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-20 20:06:55 (GMT)
dc.date.available2021-09-20 20:06:55 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2021-09-20
dc.date.submitted2021-09-08
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/17418
dc.description.abstractCounterinsurgency relies on the dual instruments of propaganda and coercion. If well balanced, these instruments may convince the civilian populace that the rebels cannot win; furthermore, the agenda of counterinsurgents seems to be morally superior to that of the rebels. To attain this balance, counterinsurgents must have a steady flow of intelligence. This is a key to victory, but intelligence gathering is a complex and time-consuming process. In times of great pressure, counterinsurgents tend to fall back on brutality, including torture, to compensate for a lack of information. Although torture provides a great volume of information, the cost of its acquisition is enormous: torture cripples pacification efforts, as it alienates the civilian populace and boosts insurgency. Furthermore, the credibility of information gained via torture is uncertain. The French campaign in Algeria and the American Global War on Terror were lost in part because security agencies resorted to torture in order to gain vital intelligence. The poison pill of torture is inimical to rational counterinsurgency operations.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjecttortureen
dc.subjectcounterinsurgencyen
dc.subjectenhanced interrogation techniquesen
dc.subjectblack sitesen
dc.subjectUNCATen
dc.subjectGWOTen
dc.subjectGeneva Conventionen
dc.subjectUnited Nations Convention Against Tortureen
dc.subjectUnited States of Americaen
dc.subjectFranceen
dc.subjectAlgeriaen
dc.subjectAbu Ghraiben
dc.subjectBattle of Algiersen
dc.subjectIraqen
dc.subjectAfghanistanen
dc.subjectGlobal War on Terroren
dc.subjectInternational Stabilization Assistance Forceen
dc.subjectISAFen
dc.subjectNorth Atlantic Treaty Organizationen
dc.subjectNATOen
dc.subjectCentral Intelligence Agencyen
dc.subjectCIAen
dc.subjectFederal Bureau of Investigationen
dc.subjectFBIen
dc.subjectAlberto Gonzalesen
dc.subjectGeorge W. Bushen
dc.subjectCharles de Gaulleen
dc.subjectCoalition of the Willingen
dc.subjectPolanden
dc.subjectRenditionen
dc.subjectinterrogationen
dc.subjectCOINen
dc.subjectasymmetric warfareen
dc.subjectwaren
dc.subjectconflicten
dc.subjectwarfareen
dc.subjectEITen
dc.subjectRendition Detention Interrogationen
dc.subjectRDIen
dc.subjectImprovised Explosive Deviceen
dc.subjectIEDen
dc.subjectterrorismen
dc.subjectAl-Qaedaen
dc.subjectAQen
dc.subjectAl-Qaeda in Iraqen
dc.subjectAQIen
dc.subjectTalibanen
dc.subjectIraqi Insurgencyen
dc.subjectSaddam Husseinen
dc.subjectRevolution in Military Affairsen
dc.subjectRMAen
dc.subjectcounter insurgencyen
dc.subjectinsurgencyen
dc.subjectWar on Terroren
dc.subjectwaterboardingen
dc.subjectKhalid Sheik Mohammaden
dc.subjectKSMen
dc.titleGraveyard of Republics: An Analysis of Torture in Counterinsurgencyen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalse
uws-etd.degree.departmentHistoryen
uws-etd.degree.disciplineHistoryen
uws-etd.degree.grantorUniversity of Waterlooen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws-etd.embargo.terms0en
uws.contributor.advisorStatiev, Alexander
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.published.cityWaterlooen
uws.published.countryCanadaen
uws.published.provinceOntarioen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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