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bigdaddystout's review against another edition
dark
informative
slow-paced
4.5
This is an authoritative account of all the abuse at Abu Ghraib. It injects just enough philosophy about the whole scandal to be poignant. A solid read.
misspalah's review against another edition
4.0
This book make me cried. From line to line when they described the torture and how the prisoner response to it, I couldn't wait to flip next page and be done with it. I read this book with the purpose of trying to listen two sides of horrible story that occurs in Abu Ghraib. I was wrong. I found 2 sides of it but whether the American soldier side make a convincing argument why they did those things, it troubled me. You can't blame the weather, lack of bureaucracy,unclear chain of command and getting bombed every there to humiliate those prisoners. The humanity and rationality seems lost in those who stayed in abu Ghraib. You came to their country and expect no retaliation from their country? of course, there will be a retaliation. The whole fight violence with violence is sickening. The reason I settled for 4 stars because the honesty those officers had in their interview. They are just an officer trying to do their job and got into wrong direction of the blind faith to the higher command (though it against their morality). This is a good book with a content that I couldn't stomach due to excessive violence acts.
dontgetnastybro's review against another edition
4.0
Perfecto complemento del documental de Morris, con algunas historias interesantes que quedaron fuera de aquel, y con una profundidad un poco mejor desarrollada acerca de las personalidades de los soldados estadounidenses que torturaron iraquíes en Abu Ghraib. También reflexiona un poco más sobre la relevencia del testimonio fotográfico en los tiempos que corren.
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