Fixing Hell: An Army Psychologist Confronts Abu Ghraib
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (821 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001FA0PEU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dienne said Bluster, bravado and outright lies. As soon as I finished reading this book, I immediately headed to the nearest church, rent my clothes, fell on my face and repented. Col. (ret.) Larry C. James, Ph.D. is clearly the Second Coming of Christ.Okay, no, not really. Even the briefest study of history or literature will teach you that in order to evaluate any written. Sam Lustgarten said A good leader praises in public and disciplines in private!. I read this book based on a faculty recommendation for presentation on enhanced interrogation techniques that I'll soon be delivering. Fortunately, I never ventured onto Amazon.com (until now) to read through the reviews for Col. Larry James book. Clearly, this book and the author's text is highly polarizing -- leaving "Fixing. The good, the bad and the ugly - the book's style, and attitude, not just the contents S. J. Snyder As far as a rating level, this was a toughie, as I was reading through it, that bounced everywhere from low 2-star to low 4-star in my mind.There's several things to like - beyond a psychologist who is also a career soldier putting the reader inside the military lingo and the "fog of war" mind - about this book.On major thing
. A Colonel in the U.S. James was awarded a Bronze Star for distinguished service in Iraq. Army, Dr. He is the Chair of the Psychology Department at TriplerArmyMedicalCenter in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is the former Chair of the Department of Psychology at WalterReedArmyMedicalCenter
"Narrator Eric Kramer captures this contradiction in a sure voice that also projects James's (author) gentleness, creative thinking, and compassion. James bring listeners into the painful realities of Abu Ghraib with powerful dialogues, and Kramer's delivery makes the most of these conversations." (AudioFile 2008-01-00)
Through Colonel James's own experience on the ground, readers will see the tightrope military personnel must walk while fighting in the still new battlefield of the war on terror, the challenge of serving as both a doctor/healer and combatant soldier, and what can-and must-be done to ensure that interrogations are safe, moral, and effective.At the same time, Colonel James also debunks many of the false stories and media myths surrounding the actions of American soldiers at both Abu Ghraib and GuantanamoBay, and he reveals shining examples of our men and women in uniform striving to serve with honor and integrity in the face of extreme hardship and danger.An intense and insightful personal narrative, Fixing Hell shows us an essential perspective on Abu Ghraib that we've never seen before.. As the story broke, and the world began to learn about the extent of the horrors that occurred there, the U.S. Army dispatched Colonel Larry James to Abu Ghraib with an overwhelming assignment: to