Interrogation in war and conflict [electronic resource] : a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis / edited by Christopher Andrew and Simona Tobia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the modern history of interrogation / Christopher Andrew -- 1. A process of modernization? : prisoner of war interrogation and human intelligence gathering in the first world war / Heather Jones -- 2. Stalin, the NKVD and the investigation of the Kremlin case : prelude to the great terror / Svetlana Lokhova -- 3. Second World War interrogations and British foreign intelligence : the case of Elgar / Christian Bjoern Bak -- 4. Gestapo interrogations : myths and realities / J. Ryan Stackhouse -- 5. 'Instructive for the future' : the interrogation of the major war criminals in Germany, 1945 / Richard Overy -- 6. Crushing Czechoslovak identity : Stalinist violence and the resistance of Czechoslovak ex-political prisoners from the Communist era / Kristyna Buskova and Nigel Hunt -- 7. Interrogation and 'psychological intelligence' : the construction of propaganda during the Malayan emergency, 1948-1958 / Thomas J. Maguire -- 8. The British army, violence, interrogation and shortcomings in intelligence gathering during the Cyprus emergency 1955-59 / Charlie Standley -- 9. The French military in its last colonial war, Algeria, 1954-1962 : the reign of torture / Raphaelle Branche -- 10. War and interrogation : the Rhodesian bush war / Sue Onslow -- 11. Interrogation during "the troubles" in Northern Ireland, 1971-75 / Samantha Newbery -- 12. A perceived neutrality : an Englishwoman's reflections on working as an interpreter for suspect and witness interviews at the International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia / Louise Askew -- 13. Coercive interrogation and the international criminal tribunals / Matt Pollard -- Conclusions : interrogation, interviewing and questioning in the twentieth century / Simona Tobia.