One Woman's Army: The Commanding General of Abu Ghraib Tells Her Story

Karpinski, Janis

ISBN 10: 1401352472 / ISBN 13: 9781401352479

Editore: Miramax, 2005

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• Titolo: One Woman's Army: The Commanding General of Abu Ghraib Tells Her Story
• Editore: Miramax
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1401352472
• ISBN 13: 9781401352479
• Rilegatura: hardcover
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

A provocative memoir and exposé by the commanding offiver of Abu Ghraib prison offers an inside accounts of the shocking and shameful abuse of Iraqi prisoners, detailing the corruption she discovered within the armed forces and private firms, her meeting with Saddam Hussein, and what life is really like for women in the armed forces. 100,000 first printing.

L'autore

General Janis Karpinski served in the military for over 25 years. She was an Intelligence Commander in Iraq and the only female commander to serve there in the Army Reserves. She attended West Point and the US Army War College, and served in the first Gulf War where she received a Bronze Star. She grew up in New Jersey, and has been married for 30 years to a Lieutenant-Colonel in the army. This is her first book.
Co-writer Steven Strasser is an author and a foreign correspondent for Newsweek. He currently teaches journalism at Rutgers University and lives in Manhattan.