What is it about?
The history of waterboarding up to the present day. Shows how waterboarding has been understood as a severe torture technique for over 600 years, and highlights the myth-making of 'torture-lite'.
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Why is it important?
Establishes that waterboarding is not 'torture-lite' and is a very serious form of torture. Critiques the use of the technique by the US since 2001, and the dangers of President Trump's rhetoric of returning to waterboarding and torture.
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An important opportunity to bring attention to a serious political issue through detailed historical research
Dr Rory Cox
University of St Andrews
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This page is a summary of: Historicizing waterboarding as a severe torture norm, International Relations, September 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0047117818774396.
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