Rent Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib

Synopsis

History seemed to repeat itself in 2004 when Seymour M. Hersh, writing for the New Yorker, broke the shocking story of widespread human rights violations by American troops in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. In 1969, Hersh broke the story of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, for which he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. CHAIN OF COMMAND is based on Hersh's post-9/11 reporting, including pieces on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Iraq War (and particularly Abu Ghraib), which together comprise some of the best reportage available. Here is Hersh on Pakistan President Musharraf's tenuous hold on power and on the Saudi government's duplicitous behavior toward the U.S. Hersh's insightful portraits of key players in the Bush administration include Donald Rumsfeld and Richard Perle, who threatened to sue Hersh for reporting on a business lunch Perle conducted with Saudi businessmen while he was serving in an official government capacity. Hersh connects the dots and follows them up the chain of command, placing responsibility and culpability for the Iraq troubles squarely in the lap of President George W. Bush. Hersh's deeply sourced and trenchant analyses make CHAIN OF COMMAND an outstanding work in current events. A New York Times Notable Book for 2004.

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