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Private : Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, and the biggest exposure of official secrets in American history / Denver Nicks.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2012.Edition: First editionDescription: 274 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781613740682 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, and the biggest exposure of official secrets in American history
Subject(s):
Contents:
Author's note on sources -- Introduction -- Crescent -- Hack the world -- General Manning -- Dixie charm -- Building Wikileaks -- Carl Sagan -- Shakoosh -- Collateral damage -- Wikileaked -- Saving Private Manning -- Secrecy is for losers.
Summary: "Bradley Manning perpetrated the biggest breach of military security in American history. This intelligence analyst leaked an astounding amount of classified information to WikiLeaks: classified combat videos and hundreds of thousands of documents from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and from embassies around the globe. Almost all of WikiLeaks's headline-making releases of information have come from one source only: Bradley Manning. The leaks affected governments the world over--the Arab uprisings were spurred, in part, by Manning's revelations. They propelled WikiLeaks to a level of international prominence it never had before. The world would never be the same. Bradley Manning's story is one of global significance, and yet he remains an enigma. Now, for the first time, the full truth will be told about a man who, at the age of only twenty-two, changed the world. Nicks's book paints a nuanced portrait of a man haunted by demons and driven by hope, impulsive and cocky yet idealistic enough to follow his conscience. Relying on numerous conversations with those who know Manning best, Nicks gives the full story of a bright, gay kid from middle America who signs on to serve his country and finds himself serving a cause he finds far more sinister, and why he betrayed his oath and fellow troops--and his own future--in order to fulfill what he saw as a higher purpose." --Publishers description.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Please note: this book was written and published prior to Manning's identification as Chelsea. Beginning in early 2010, Chelsea Manning leaked an astounding amount of classified information to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks: classified combat videos as well as tens of thousands of documents from the war in Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands from Iraq, and hundreds of thousands more from embassies around the globe. Almost all of WikiLeaks's headline-making releases of information have come from one source, and one source only: Chelsea Manning. Manning's story is one of global significance, yet she remains an enigma. Now, for the first time, the full truth is told about a woman who, at the age of only twenty-two, changed the world. Though the overarching narrative in media reports on Manning explain her leaks as motivated by the basest, most self-serving intentions, Private paints a far more nuanced, textured portrait of a woman haunted by demons and driven by hope, forced into an ethically fraught situation by a dysfunctional military bureaucracy. Relying on numerous conversations with those who know Manning best, this book displays how Manning's precocious intellect provided fertile ground for her sense of her own intellectual and moral superiority. It relates how a bright kid from middle America signed on to serve her country and found herself serving a cause far more sinister. And it explains what it takes for a person to betray her orders and fellow troops-and her own future-in order to fulfill what she sees as a higher purpose. Manning's court-martial may be the military trial of the decade, if not the century. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the woman behind it all.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-274).

Author's note on sources -- Introduction -- Crescent -- Hack the world -- General Manning -- Dixie charm -- Building Wikileaks -- Carl Sagan -- Shakoosh -- Collateral damage -- Wikileaked -- Saving Private Manning -- Secrecy is for losers.

"Bradley Manning perpetrated the biggest breach of military security in American history. This intelligence analyst leaked an astounding amount of classified information to WikiLeaks: classified combat videos and hundreds of thousands of documents from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and from embassies around the globe. Almost all of WikiLeaks's headline-making releases of information have come from one source only: Bradley Manning. The leaks affected governments the world over--the Arab uprisings were spurred, in part, by Manning's revelations. They propelled WikiLeaks to a level of international prominence it never had before. The world would never be the same. Bradley Manning's story is one of global significance, and yet he remains an enigma. Now, for the first time, the full truth will be told about a man who, at the age of only twenty-two, changed the world. Nicks's book paints a nuanced portrait of a man haunted by demons and driven by hope, impulsive and cocky yet idealistic enough to follow his conscience. Relying on numerous conversations with those who know Manning best, Nicks gives the full story of a bright, gay kid from middle America who signs on to serve his country and finds himself serving a cause he finds far more sinister, and why he betrayed his oath and fellow troops--and his own future--in order to fulfill what he saw as a higher purpose." --Publishers description.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Author's Note on Sources (p. ix)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 Crescent (p. 9)
  • 2 Hack the World (p. 29)
  • 3 General Manning (p. 51)
  • 4 Dixie Charm (p. 71)
  • 5 Building WikiLeaks (p. 97)
  • 6 Carl Sagan (p. 109)
  • 7 Shakoosh (p. 123)
  • 8 Collateral Damage (p. 145)
  • 9 WikiLeaked (p. 187)
  • 10 Saving Private Manning (p. 219)
  • 11 Secrecy Is for Losers (p. 249)
  • Acknowledgments (p. 257)
  • Notes (p. 259)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

Pvt. Bradley Manning became famous when he was arrested for sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents, mostly State Department cables, to Wikileaks, which distributed many of them to the news media. This generally sympathetic book depicts Manning as a desperately unhappy soldier, gay in an inhospitable environment, wholly unsuited for military life, and a popular, if fringe, member of the hacker community. Freelance journalist Nicks had access to Manning's extensive chat, email, and other recoverable electronic communications and paints a picture of Manning's journey from rural Oklahoma to military confinement. He also discusses the hacker ethos and community and delves somewhat into the convoluted tale of Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder. Nicks can't bring the book to a satisfactory end since Manning is in military custody to be tried for a variety of crimes. However, Nicks does a good job of providing context and depth to the images pushed by the media, the military, and other interested parties. VERDICT This is more blog-form journalism than a book of long-term value; Nicks capably starts but does not finish, unraveling a surprisingly complex national discussion about freedom of speech, government control, national security, and civil disobedience. [Although Manning was briefly imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth, there was no interaction between him and this reviewer.-Ed.]-Edwin B. Burgess, U.S. Army Combined Arms Research Lib., Fort Leavenworth, KS (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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