The Fight for the High Ground : The U. S. Army and Interrogation during Operation Iraqi Freedom I, May 2003-April 2004

Pryer, Douglas A.

ISBN 10: 0615332749 / ISBN 13: 9780615332741

Published by CGSC Foundation Press, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fight for the High Ground : The U. S. Army and Interrogation during Operation Iraqi Freedom I, May 2003-April 2004
• Publisher: CGSC Foundation Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0615332749
• ISBN 13: 9780615332741
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 2 pounds

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Synopsis

Drawing upon an active-duty counterintelligence officer s perspective as well as more than 150 interviews, investigations, and other primary source documents, U.S. Army Major Douglas A. Pryer provides a detailed look at how mounting U.S. casualties became the catalyst for a moral dilemma in how prisoners were interrogated in Iraq in 2003-2004. Pryer walks us down both sides of the issue, explaining how deficiencies in Army doctrine, force structure, and training enabled harsh interrogation policies to sometimes trump traditional values. The United States, he says, will likely suffer the damage done by abusive interrogations for years to come, and much work still needs to be done to ensure such damage never recurs. Pryer's work reminds us that U.S. soldiers should not torture because Americans aspire to higher ideals. Our fight for the moral high ground was nearly lost . . . and continues on.

About the Author

Doug Pryer was born in Springfield, Missouri, and grew up in Mount Vernon, a small town west of Springfield. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Missouri State University and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1992. After attending Officer Candidate School in 1995, he commissioned in the military intelligence branch. Since then, he has had several combat deployments and received numerous awards and decorations, including the Bronze Star, Combat Action Badge, and the Parachutist Badge. Although he has always enjoyed reading and writing and other forms of fishing, he did not start publishing until 2009, when he began entering (and winning) military writing contests. Among his awards thus far are the 2009 Arter-Darby award, 2009 Birrer-Brooks Award, 2009 MacArthur Leadership Award, 2009 CGSC Ethics Symposium Top Essay, 2010 and 2011 General William E. DePuy contests, and the 2010 Center for the Army Profession and Ethic Writing Contest, Top Essay/Monograph. His book, "The Fight for the High Ground," is the first book to be published by the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College Foundation Press. He is currently assigned as the intelligence chief of a U.S. Task Force in Kabul, Afghanistan.