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Monstering: Inside America's Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War Paperback – April 8, 2008

by Tara McKelvey (Author)

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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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Tara McKelvey, a senior editor at the American Prospect and contributing editor at Marie Claire, is a research fellow at NYU School of Law's Center on Law and Security. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Basic Books (April 8, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0465005462
ISBN-13: 978-0465005468
Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.5 x 8.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 7 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,473,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #329 in Books > History > Military > Prisoners of War
- #2888 in Books > History > Military > Iraq War
- #18780 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Communication & Media Studies

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WriteReadFred

Inside interrogations and torture. Good for research.

September 21, 2017

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Nothing like some nice, light reading.

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tribecan

A necessary and riveting book

August 17, 2007

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

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.

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Blame the whole war on PVT Lynndie England

March 9, 2010

Format: Paperback

Private Lynndie England reached the covers of many American newspapers and was vilified as a monster and some kind of evil bitch.

She was in a sense taking the blame for mistakes of Bush and the Neoconservatives.

England according to this book before she joined the Army she worked in a chicken processing plant where there were to many chickens to kill so they would have to throw them under the belt or something Yes she worked a night job in a chicken-processing factory Pilgrims Pride.

This women suffered from some form of mental illness she grew up in a trailer park tried to do something better so she joins the Army.

This book had a good premise I felt it did little in the way of being critical of the power structure. And I felt it was a bit condecenting todars the lower class working poor.

Some good fact like 50% of the Iraqi interpreters that were hired would have flunked a proficiency test.

Well England has a book anyway TORTURED: Lynndie England, Abu Ghraib and the Photographs that Shocked the World

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Bear Johnson

McKelvey gets it about right....

August 31, 2007

Format: Hardcover

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.

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lee purcell

Very impressive book

February 23, 2013

Format: Hardcover

Monstering by Tara McKelvey is a fast-paced, in-depth look at the dificult subject of torture written in the highest journalistic style.

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R. E. Kelly

The price we pay. . .

June 21, 2007

Format: Hardcover

. . .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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T.A.L. Dozer

RUBBISH! Less Then 1 Star!

July 28, 2007

Format: Hardcover

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!

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