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OverviewThe extraordinarily dramatic story of one of the world's most famous whistle-blowers and trans women An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous whistle-blowers, activists and trans women. In 2013, Chelsea Manning was sentenced to thirty-five years in military prison for the largest leak of classified documents in history. The next day, Chelsea declared her gender identity as a woman and began to transition. In this radically candid memoir, Chelsea recounts how her challenging youth led her to join the US Army. She writes of the fierce pride she took in her work, the risks of the military's queer underground and the wider culture of silence and unaccountability. She describes fifty-nine days locked in an iron cage after her fateful decision and the community of solidarity she later discovered in prison. Above all, we see the phenomenal courage and resilience it took to survive and become a global advocate for transparency. 'A terrific read, full of unexpected turns and details that counter many of the assumptions made about Manning' GUARDIAN 'Brilliantly told' THE TIMES 'Searing...uplifting...redemptive' NEW YORK TIMES 'A full and expansive account of Manning's life, one which is often harrowing but funny and poignant too' DAZED Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chelsea ManningPublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Vintage Dimensions: Width: 12.80cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.220kg ISBN: 9781529110623ISBN 10: 1529110629 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 June 2023 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA 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 * 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 * A searing personal element ... Although troubling to read, it manages to be uplifting as well * The New York Times * A compelling, taut account of what she experienced and a persuasive justification of how she behaved * Guardian * Electrifying ... an insider confessional turned inside out for the 21st century ... exhausted and precarious, darting between parking lots and coffee shops with a thumb drive and a set of headphones ... Manning conducts a pitched battle against the mass-marketization of death ... reckons with this complex relationship of sex and gender to political radicalism ... absorbing ... sublime * Washington Post * Author InformationChelsea Manning is an American transparency activist, politician and former US Army intelligence analyst. She lives in Brooklyn and works as a security consultant and expert in data science and machine learning. She has written for the Guardian and New York Times and tweets @xychelsea. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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