The United States' Global War on Terrorism is in its sixth year with no end in sight. Intelligence-gathering is crucial to the successful prosecution of this struggle. These days, though, the mere mentioning of detention and interrogation evokes scandalous and degrading images. So we have the dilemma of determining how the United States can successfully obtain necessary information from a foreign and hostile enemy without alienating its own citizenry and the international community. Part of the resolution to that dilemma may lie right here. In his graphic account of Camp Tracy, US Army Major Alexander D. Corbin looks back at a time when the United States fought and won against an enemy that was profoundly different from Americans in appearance, culture, and religion. His in-depth analysis illustrates many parallels between this past enemy and today's adversaries. It argues convincingly that the successful tactics and techniques of the past can still be applied today and in the future.
Alex Corbin currently is a U.S. Army Military Intelligence (MI) Officer with over 17 years of active service. During his military career he has served in Human Intelligence (Interrogation) and Counterintelligence positions at the tactical, operational and strategic levels during deployments to the Balkans, Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. He has an extensive background in U.S. Army MI future force development. He wrote, developed, and published doctrine for the U.S. Army Future Combat Systems MI organizations as part of the Future Brigade Combat Team. He has also authored the book, The History of Camp Tracy: Japanese WWII POWs and the Future of Strategic Interrogation, published in 2009.
Alex Corbin is a U.S. Army certified Military Historian and Arabic Linguist. He serves as an Associate Professor at Henley-Putnam University teaching intelligence and security-related undergraduate and graduate-level courses. He also holds a Masters Degree in Military Studies (Intelligence) from the American Military University, a Masters Degree in Strategic Intelligence from the National Defense Intelligence College, and undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Middle East Studies (Arabic), as well as a Certificate in International Relations, from the University of Utah.
