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

Karpinski, Janis

ISBN 10: 1401352472 / ISBN 13: 9781401352479

Edité par Miramax, New York, 2005

A propos de cet article

The book is inscribed by Janis Karpinski in pen on the title page. The book has some light foxing along the top side edges. The jacket has a couple of small tears on the top edge.

N° de réf. du vendeur 080026

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: One Woman's Army: The Commanding General of Abu Ghraib Tells Her Story (INSCRIBED)
• Éditeur: Miramax, New York
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1401352472
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781401352479
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Signed Books
  • Iraq
  • Military

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Synopsis

Unusual book

Présentation de l'éditeur

In an ouspoken memoir that is sure to generate controversy, General Janis Karpinski tells the real story of the tragic and shameful events of 2004 from her first-hand experience.

Karpinski had a long, distinguished career in the military: she received a Bronze Star for her service in the Gulf War, and most recently, served as the Commander of the Military Police Brigade and was the first and only female General Officer commanding troops in a combat zone in Iraq. And although she had no training in handling criminal prisoners, she was selected to run Abu Ghraib.

In One Woman's Army, Karpinski takes us inside the prison walls and describes unflinchingly what it was like to interact with the Iraqi prisoners, the corruption within the armed forces and the accompanying private firms, and her meeting with Saddam Hussein, who refused to believe that a woman could be in charge. She talks about what life is really like for women in the armed forces and the tremendous obstacles she has faced.

Co-written with Newsweek correspondent Steven Strasser, she forcefully argues that the bulk of the blame for the Abu Ghraib scandal goes to the very top of the chain of command -- to Lieutenant General Sanchez; Ambassador Bremer; Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld -- and tells why she has been made a scapegoat. Hers is a story of military leaders run amok, and a moving portrait of a woman who spent her life defying the odds in pursuit of her dream.