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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.7044
EAN: 9780060955373
ISBN: 0060955376
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: August 01, 2005
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: July 26, 2005
Studio: Harper Perennial

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Seymour Hersh has been a legendary investigative reporter since 1969 when he broke the My Lai story in Vietnam. His considerable skill and well-placed sources inside the government, intelligence community, military, and the diplomatic corps have allowed him access to a wide range of information unavailable to most reporters. Chain of Command is packed with specific details and thoughtful analysis of events since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including intelligence failures prior to 9/11; postwar planning regarding Afghanistan and Iraq; the corruption of the Saudi family; Pakistan's nuclear program, which spread nuclear technology via the black market (and admitted as such); influence peddling at the highest levels; and the torture scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, among other topics. The book collects and elaborates on stories Hersh wrote for The New Yorker, and includes an introduction by the magazine's editor, David Remnick, on Hersh's background and his sources.

Part of Hersh's skill lies in uncovering official reports that have been buried because government or military leaders find them too revealing or embarrassing. Chain of Command is filled with such stories, particularly regarding the manner in which sensitive intelligence was gathered and disseminated within the Bush administration. Hersh details how serious decisions were made in secret by a small handful of people, often based on selective information. Part of the problem was, and remains, a lack of human intelligence in critical parts of the Middle East, but it also has much to do with the considerable infighting within the administration by those trying to make intelligence fit preconceived conclusions. A prime example of this is the story about the files that surfaced allegedly detailing how Iraq had purchased uranium from Niger in order to build nuclear weapons. Though the files were soon proven to be forgeries, the Bush administration still used them as evidence against Saddam Hussein and therefore part of the reason for invading Iraq. In these pages, Hersh offers readers a clearer understanding of what has happened since September 11, and what we might expect in the future. --Shawn Carkonen

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Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his explosive stories in The New Yorker, including his headline-making pieces on the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Now, Hersh brings together what he has learned, along with new reporting, to answer the critical question of the last four years: How did America get from the clear morning when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center to a divisive and dirty war in Iraq?

In Chain of Command, Hersh takes an unflinching look behind the public story of the war on terror and into the lies and obsessions that led America into Iraq. Hersh draws on sources at the highest levels of the American government and intelligence community, in foreign capitals, and on the battlefield for an unparalleled view of a critical chapter in America's recent history. In a new afterword, he critiques the government's failure to adequately investigate prisoner abuse -- at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere -- and punish those responsible. With an introduction by The New Yorker's editor, David Remnick, Chain of Command is a devastating portrait of an administration blinded by ideology and of a president whose decisions have made the world a more dangerous place for America.

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- America's One Man Truth Commission
As is demonstrated here, Seymour Hersh may be the last of a dying breed of intrepid journalists, who through his skill and resourcefulness alone has turned himself into a "one man Truth Commission." In this book, whether about the intelligence failures leading up to 911, the incompetence in planning, executing and then consolidating the fruits of the Iraq invasion, to the "Yellow Cake" fiasco that eventually led to the "outing" of Valerie Plame; the peddling at the UN of bogus WMD intelligence data, ... Read More

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- Investigative journalism on Intelligence and War.
"Chain of Command" is an investigation into the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib and the success in modeling it after the Guantanamo Bay facility.
The book discusses the mistakes made in misidentifying people arrested with no charges brought against them. Some of these people were later released due to their innocence.

Mr. Hersh examines the report on the scandal written by General Taguba as well as the Afghanistan war report from Hy Rothstein. Some interesting comments about the Afghanistan ... Read More

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- If you want to properly ascertain American and Middle Eastern relations then I highly recommend you read this book!!!
I'm taking it upon myself to respond to some of the book reviews that assert that "Chain of Command" is obsolete to the discourse because it was printed several years ago, meaning that the information within its pages is currently outdated and superfluous.
This contemplation obviously signifies (to some individuals) that numerous events transpired since the sanguineous Abu Ghraib prison scandal and the 9/11 atrocities, and they feel a more recent work is in order, but believe me; you won't find a better ... Read More

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- Exposing a war built on lies and the failures of US foreign policy
Seymour Hersh demonstrates that even 30 years after the establishment of his reputation as a skilled investigative journalist, there is plenty of fire left inside him when it comes to revealing the corruption within government, including the executive branch. Chain of Command depicts the sad state of affairs that America has been pushed into since 9/11 by the Bush administration, and how a small group of individuals were basically able to hijack US foreign policy, mismanage two wars along with the Global War on ... Read More

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- Peerless Hersh
Yes, its true that this book is "out of date" to a great extent. What is amazing is how much is discussed in the book and yet so little has reach the "main stream media." I consider myself a pretty "aware" person, but I was shocked to read the depths of depravity at Abu Ghraib. Hersh's reporting on the foundations of this war were also illuminating: I had an inkling of different parts, but in Chain of Command, it is all put together in a much clearer picture.

For those hestitating as to whether ... Read More

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