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[Joshua E.S. Phillips] · None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture ✓ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture What Phillips uncovered was a story of American veterans psychologically scarred by the abuse they had meted out to Iraqi prisoners.How did US forces turn to torture? Phillips's narrative recounts the journey of a tank battalion--trained for conventional combat--as its focus switches to guerrilla war and prisoner detention. The location is far from CIA prisons and Guantanamo, but the story captures the use and nature of detainee abuse in the US armed forces that was once widespread. For mor
| Title | : | None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.46 (674 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1844678849 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
What Phillips uncovered was a story of American veterans psychologically scarred by the abuse they had meted out to Iraqi prisoners.How did US forces turn to torture? Phillips's narrative recounts the journey of a tank battalion--trained for conventional combat--as its focus switches to guerrilla war and prisoner detention. The location is far from CIA prisons and Guantanamo, but the story captures the use and nature of detainee abuse in the US armed forces that was once widespread. For more than three years, reporter Joshua E. S. The book illustrates that the damaging legacy of torture is not only borne by the detainees, but also by American soldiers and the country to which they've returned.. It tells of how a group of ordinary soldiers, ill trained for the responsibilities foisted upon them, descended into the degradation of abuse. How the damaging legacy of torture affects not just detainees but also US forces.Sergeant Adam Gray made it home from Iraq only to die in his barracks. Phillips--with the support of Adam's mother and several of his Army buddies--investigated Adam's death. Based on firsthand reporting from the Middle East, as well as interviews with soldiers, their families and friends, military officials, and the victims of torture, None of Us Were Like This Before
"Joshua Phillips brings much needed close reporting to the question of American torture. And he does it with the utmost respect for the soldiers.”—Huffington Post“Phillips’ book remains the first and best heartbreaking tale not only of the abuses taking place within our military prisons, but also the negative, long term and in many cases fatal psychological affects it is having on both interrogating soldiers and interrogated enemy prisoners of war An outstanding book and a necessary read for all.”—Kristina Brown and Paul Sullivan, Veterans for Common Sense“None of Us Were Like This Before is a model of conscientious reporting on a volatile subject—the torture of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. They took honorable, patriotic young soldiers and convinced them to sacrifice the very principles that they had signed
His radio features have been broadcast on NPR and the BBC. duPont-Columbia University Award and the Newspaper Guild’s Heywood Broun Award of Substantial Distinction for his American Radio Works documentary What Killed Sergeant Gray. Joshua E. In 2009, Phillips received the Alfred I. S. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Newsweek, Salon, the
Impacting read. Wow! Samantha I wasn't sure I wanted to read a book about detainee abuse and interrogators. Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo happened years ago and Iraq is winding down. Nearly a decade after 9/11, I thought it would have all been covered already in the press. I was wrong and this book provides a . None of Us Were Like This Before This book is engaging and affecting from the first to last page. The book is not dry policy discussion, overly graphic, or accusatory in tone. Phillips focuses instead on the personal stories of U.S. soldiers and civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. His empathy for those he prof. Compassionate, thoughtful, respectful, intelligent I heard him interviewed on Leonard Lopate and was intrigued. Unlike other books on this subject that tend to deal with torture on a policy level only - or that are so "knee jerk" politically that (for the balanced reader at least) they lose all credibility - this book takes a
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