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Within an outspoken memoir that is sure to generate controversy, General Janis Karpinski tells the real story of the tragic and shameful events of 2004 from her first-hand experience. Karpinski had an extended, distinguished career in the military: she received a Bronze Star for her service in the Gulf War; and most recently, served as the Commander of the Military Police Brigade and was the first in support of female General Officer commanding troops in a combat zone in Iraq. And although she had no trained in handling criminal prisoners, she was selected to perform Abu Ghraib. In One Woman's Army, Karpinski takes us inside the prison walls and describes unflinchingly what it was prefer to interact with the Iraqi prisoners, the corruption within the armed forces and the accompanying private firms, and her meeting with Saddam Hussein, who refused to think that a woman could maintain charge. She discusses what life is absolutely like for ladies in the armed forces and the tremendous obstacles she has faced. Co-written with Newsweek correspondent Steven Strasser, she forcefully argues that the bulk of the blame for the Abu Ghraib scandal would go to the very top of the chain of command, to Lieutenant General Sanchez, Ambassador Bremer, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and tells why she has been made a scapegoat. Hers is a story of military leaders run amok, and a moving portrait of a woman who spent her life defying the chances in search of her dream.
