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Monstering: Inside America's Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War | 
 enlarge | Author: Tara Mckelvey
Publisher: Basic Books
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Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0465005462
Dewey Decimal Number: 956
EAN: 9780465005468
ASIN: 0465005462
Publication Date: April 7, 2008
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In April 2004, the Abu Ghraib photographs set off an international scandal. Yet until this book, the full story behind that scandal has never been told. Tara McKelvey-the first U.S. journalist to speak with female prisoners from Abu Ghraib-traveled to the Middle East and across the United States to seek out victims and perpetrators. McKelvey tells how soldiers, acting in an atmosphere that encouraged abuse and sadism, were unleashed on a prison population of whom the vast majority, according to Army documents, were innocent citizens. She gained unprecedented access to soldiers, officers, administration officials, and suspected terrorists. She also provides an inside look at Justice Department theories of presidential power to show how the many abuses were licensed by the government.
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McKelvey gets it about right.... August 31, 2007
22 out of 26 found this review helpful
I think I can say this with some authority, as I sit here in Iraq on my third year-long tour, having worked at Guantanamo and having spent a year with detainee operations in Iraq as part of the team that went in to improve conditions at Abu Ghraib in spring of '04. Unfortunately, most people will probably read into her words reinforcement of their own pre-conceived notions, whatever those may be. But I see a fair amount of balance and caution in her words. Bad thing have happened with detainees. Those responsible have and must be held accountable. The system must continue to change for the better. Having said this, the vast majority of troops and leaders doing the job are trustworthy and accomplishing a task that is probably one of the most difficult presented to any of our military members. They have earned my respect. The one thing I would have pushed her to do in preparing for this book -- the thing not reflected -- is spending a month with our troops on the ground so she could present this with a more enlightened perspective of the realities of today's combat, complete with the hows and whys of detaining people. She only scratches the surface of the complexities of this business and only really presents it from one side, using mostly spokesmen (including myself) to fill in the gaps from the military side. This is a book worth reading, with a reflective and unbiased eye.
 A necessary and riveting book August 17, 2007
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
Tara McKelvey's account of the abuses at Agu Ghraib, in particular the abuses visited upon women prisoners, fleshes out the accounts we've read in newspapers of this scandal, and gives us personal testimony by some of the women who've been raped, as well as the first interview with Lyndie England, the woman holding the leash in one of the photographs that became infamous. That so many women who were raped and tortured at Abu Ghraib were afraid to come forward because their own families might have killed them if they'd known they were raped is among the many horrors this book reveals. That we have now become a nation whose official policy is to torture is a shame we ought all to confront, and change, and this book is an important document that every American should read.
 RUBBISH! Less Then 1 Star! July 29, 2007
16 out of 49 found this review helpful
Just a complete work of rubbish and Republican bashing. It kills me how the American public cries over the treatment and conditions of our war prisoners. In Gitmo most live better then they ever did as free men. Let me also tell you the torture that people are up in arms about is nothing (we do not pull finger nails out) and most procedures were standard methods (Like sleep deprivation, food control, climate control all of which are monitored and controlled. But now the enemy knows or methods of interrogation and can learn to wait out the discomfort.... Thanks for all the help concerned public!). Well I can only pray if I am captured by these savages that this is the extent of my "torture" at least I will be alive with all my body parts and do not have to worry about my family viewing my death over and over again via the internet. All this attention given to this matter has additional blowback effects. It weakens are resolve to keep and hold prisoners that are proven bad guys. From personal experience in Afghanistan we captured a bad guy (terrorist) in a raid with a weapon engaging U.S. troops. The Individual was captured alive and turned into the system for detainment. Six months later my element was ambushed again, we killed the insurgents and identified within the ambush party one of the insurgents as the same man we captured 6 months earlier but was released. Why did this happen? Because of the strain the American public put on the political system on how the military does business. I know all you liberals with your vast military background and military service know much better how business needs to conducted. So as a current soldier thanks for the help! Secondly the more the public makes of this nonsense the more these radicals believe it is o.k. to cut off American heads, because... yes I am going to say it... humiliated and scared our prisoners. So now it makes it just fine for them to continue their savagery. So thanks again! I have to stop this rant because it is killing me. Let me end this with, if you really want to support the troops (and your country) don't put the yellow ribbon magnet on your car.......... ENLIST!
ugly truths exposed at last July 11, 2007
13 out of 22 found this review helpful
this is the kind of book that is not fun to read but needs to be read by all Americans. If we dont stop the madness that this nation has enetered into over the last 6 years, we are headed for the dustbin of history.
The price we pay. . . June 21, 2007
7 out of 19 found this review helpful
. . .when we elect wanna-be dictators like George Bush and Dick Cheney.
This expose simply proves Republicans hate American ideals of compassion, fairness and humanity. They claim to be the party of "Jesus", but then they turn around and torture people in order to gain "intelligence". They claim to be the party of "freedom" but have no problem stepping over our rights. Neo-Cons have no respect for balance of power; rather, they desire a dictatorial, patriarchal daddy-president.
"WWJD?": not elect another radical right-wing Republican.
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