Summary
n 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 possession and distribution of classified military documents. The day after her conviction, Manning declared her gender identity as a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847925626 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847925626 |
| Author: | Chelsea Manning |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Bodley Head Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 18 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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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 Varoufakis
A 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 Westwood
Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Elizabeth Manning is an American activist, whistleblower, politician and former United States Army soldier.Her Twitter account is @xychelsea.
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