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The "good soldier" on trial : a sociological study of misconduct by the US military pertaining to Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq / Stjepan G. Mestrovic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meštrović, Stjepan Gabriel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq, 2006.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Atrocities.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- War crimes--Iraq--Tikrīt Region.
- War crimes.
- Trials (Military offenses)--United States.
- Trials (Military offenses).
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Soldiers--Iraq--Social conditions.
- Soldiers--Iraq--Psychology.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Social aspects.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Psychological aspects.
- United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An expert witness in legal cases involving rules of engagement and the US?military murder of prisoners, Prof. Mestrovic exposes profound contradictions and systemic flaws that confuse criminal brutality and heroism, making victims of soldiers like Sergeant Michael Leahy who won a purple heart but also was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009.
- Contents:
- The hidden patterns of violence in war crimes
- Covering up Major Sullivan's cover-up report
- The Article 32 hearing, or perjuryfest, begins
- Misconduct by investigators, PTSD, and sleep deprivation exposed and ignored
- Lost in translation : testimony by the Iraqi soldiers, and closing arguments
- Inquiry is reopened : kicking the soldiers while they're down
- Additional hearings and empty rituals
- The plea-bargain hearing as a degradation ceremony
- Visits to Ft. Leavenworth and Alexandria
- Conclusions: The lonely crowd disconnected from the lonely Army.
- Notes:
- Sequel to: Rules of engagement? : a social anatomy of an American war crime in Iraq : Operation Iron Triangle. c2008.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-87586-743-X
- OCLC:
- 457053594
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