Drowning in the Desert: A JAG's Search for Justice in Iraq - Rilegato

Gembara, Vivian H.; Gembara, Deborah A.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 076033448X ISBN 13: 9780760334485

Casa editrice: Zenith Pr, 2008

Riassunto

Several people are waiting to greet Captain Vivian Gembara when she returns home after a year-long tour of duty in Iraq--her grateful fiancŠ and two officers dispatched from headquarters to retrieve "the file." Certainly not the homecoming she expected, but such is life when you are in the business of soldiers behaving badly.

As a lawyer for the U.S. Army, Vivian counsels them, investigates them, and when necessary, prosecutes them. When an Iraqi teenagers body is found floating in the Tigris River and U.S. soldiers are believed to have been involved, she knows she has a case on her hands. What she doesn't realize is just how much that case will reveal about the Armys conduct at war.

Drowning in the Desert: A JAG's Search for Justice in Iraq is both a legal thriller and a searing account of the savagery that occurs when commanders place "the fight" above all else. 

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Informazioni sull?autore

Vivian Gembara attended the University of Notre Dame on an Army ROTC scholarship and received her law degree from the College of William and Mary. She is now out of the army and lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband and two corgis.

Dalla quarta di copertina

They say the only good morning in a war zone is the morning you leave. . . .

A boom jolted me from my sleep.

Everything shook. My cot, the ground, the walls. In the dark, I reached for my Kevlar [helmet], which was vibrating under my cot, and grabbed my vest from the hook it was shaking on. Throwing my Kevlar on my head, I started to secure my vest when: boom.

The sound of the second mortar round exploding thundered in my ears. Damn. This one was close. And loud. So damned loud. But strangely I felt as though I were in a silent movie. I couldn t hear the scratch of the Velcro as I secured my vest. The dull hum penetrated the earth and filled my ears with ringing.

Somewhere on Anaconda, field artillery folks were scrambling to determine the mortars point of origin so that we could prepare a counterattack. My body, every nerve ending, was in a state of high alert, primed for action.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

A number of people are waiting to greet Captain Vivian Gembara when the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division returns home to Fort Carson after a year-long tour of duty in Iraq her grateful fiancé, Vivian s parents and sister, and two senior judge advocate general (JAG) officers from post and division legal office. Captain Gembara is pleased that Majors John Rawcliffe and Kerry Cuneo have made time to welcome her home. Prior to Vivian deploying as 3rd Brigade to Iraq, Major Cuneo had been Vivian s boss in the criminal law section of the JAG office.

Still riding the wave of euphoria, I hugged Cuneo and gave a handshake and half-hug to Rawcliffe, truly touched that they d come out. . . . Cuneo and Rawcliffe smiled uneasily, their arms hanging at their sides, long and awkward.

Her happiness with this professional courtesy is short-lived, however, when she is asked to retrieve the file. Certainly not the homecoming she expected, but such is life when your business is dealing with soldiers who have behaved badly.

As a lawyer for the U.S. Army, a JAG, Vivian Gembara s professional life is all about soldiers: she counsels them, investigates them, and when necessary, prosecutes them. When an Iraqi s body is found floating in the Tigris River and American soldiers from 3rd Brigade are believed to have been involved, she knows she has a case on her hands. What she doesn t realize is just how much that case will reveal about the army s conduct at war. Drowning in the Desert is both a legal thriller and a searing account of the savagery that can occur when commanders place the fight above all else.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Zenith Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 076033448X
• ISBN 13: 9780760334485
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 310
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile