
README.txt
A Memoir
$42.37
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2022
Summary
An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world’s most famous whistle-blowers, activists and trans women.
In 2010 Chelsea Manning, working as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army in Iraq, disclosed 720,000 classified military documents that she had smuggled out via the memory card of her digital camera. In March 2011, the United States Army sentenced Manning to thirty-five years in military prison, charging her with twenty-two counts relating to the unauthorized p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847925619 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847925618 |
| Author: | Chelsea Manning |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Bodley Head Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 162mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
One of the bravest persons alive
Gripping … It takes extraordinary qualities to do some of the things she recounts in this book … Manning has become a new kind of American heroine * Observer *Electrifying … an insider confessional turned inside out for the 21st century … Manning reckons with this complex relationship of sex and gender to political radicalism … absorbing … sublime * Washington Post *One of the bravest persons alive – Yanis VaroufakisA terrific read, full of unexpected turns and details that counter many of the assumptions made about Manning at the time … Opens like a Jason Bourne novel * Guardian *Chelsea Manning is the biggest hero that ever lived – Vivienne WestwoodA heroine to millions – Alan MooreA searing personal element … Although troubling to read, it manages to be uplifting as well * The New York Times *Harrowing … affecting * New Statesman *A candidly told story from activist Chelsea Manning, which turns the tell-all confessional upside down. … Chelsea moves through her life story with poignant, personal detail … It’s shocking to read what she’s witnessed and triumphed over. * The Face *Forceful … To those who see Manning as a hero, [her memoir] will only intensify that feeling, given all the hardships she has overcome. Those who see villainy may perhaps find their views tempered by sympathy * Sunday Times *A compelling, taut account of what she experienced and a persuasive justification of how she behaved * Guardian *She has inspired countless people around the world … I regard Chelsea Manning as one of this generation’s greatest heroes – Glenn GreenwaldManning brought to light a number of human rights violations committed by the CIA and American military, many of which led to civilian deaths… but the crimes she exposed have never been investigated … Many people view her as an American hero * Dazed *[A] brilliantly told book * The Times *A full and expansive account of Manning’s life, one which is often harrowing but funny and poignant too * Dazed *Chelsea Manning, with huge courage, exposed crimes of US imperialism and at the same time went through a personal journey of liberation. She details it all in a new book, Readme.txt … Her story is about resistantance to war - and also fighting to be free. * Socialist Worker *
About The Author
Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Elizabeth Manning is an American activist, whistleblower, politician and former United States Army soldier.
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