false <![CDATA[How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq]]> 4377271 1 Finding Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, had long been the U.S. military's top priority -- trumping even the search for Osama bin Laden. No brutality was spared in trying to squeeze intelligence from Zarqawi's suspected associates. But these "force on force" techniques yielded exactly nothing, and, in the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal, the military rushed a new breed of interrogator to Iraq.<P>Matthew Alexander, a former criminal investigator and head of a handpicked interrogation team, gives us the first inside look at the U.S. military's attempt at more civilized interrogation techniques -- and their astounding success. The intelligence coup that enabled the June 7, 2006, air strike onZarqawi's rural safe house was the result of several keenly strategized interrogations, none of which involved torture or even "control" tactics.<P>Matthew and his team decided instead to get to know their opponents. Who were these monsters? Who were they working for? What were they trying to protect? Every day the "'gators" matched wits with a rogues' gallery of suspects brought in by Special Forces ("door kickers"): egomaniacs, bloodthirsty adolescents, opportunistic stereo repairmen, Sunni clerics horrified by the sectarian bloodbath, Al Qaeda fanatics, and good people in the wrong place at the wrong time. With most prisoners, negotiation was possible and psychological manipulation stunningly effective. But Matthew's commitment to cracking the case with these methods sometimes isolated his superiors and put his own career at risk.<P>This account is an unputdownable thriller -- more of a psychological suspense story than a war memoir. And indeed, the story reaches far past the current conflict in Iraq with a reminder that we don't have to become our enemy to defeat him. Matthew Alexander and his ilk, subtle enough and flexible enough to adapt to the challenges of modern, asymmetrical warfare, have proved to be our best weapons against terrorists all over the world. 4425291 1 11 2008 How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq total:98|5:24|4:35|3:32|2:7|1:0| 98 370 237 41 4377271 1416573151 9781416573159 98 41 How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq 3.78 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4377271.How_to_Break_a_Terrorist_The_U_S_Interrogators_Who_Used_Brains_Not_Brutality_to_Take_Down_the_Deadliest_Man_in_Iraq 2 0 false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 09 08:44:56 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 08:44:56 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4377271 1416573151 9781416573159 98 41 How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq 3.78 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4377271.How_to_Break_a_Terrorist_The_U_S_Interrogators_Who_Used_Brains_Not_Brutality_to_Take_Down_the_Deadliest_Man_in_Iraq 0 0 false Fri Dec 19 10:08:19 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 10:17:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4377271 1416573151 9781416573159 98 41 How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq 3.78 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4377271.How_to_Break_a_Terrorist_The_U_S_Interrogators_Who_Used_Brains_Not_Brutality_to_Take_Down_the_Deadliest_Man_in_Iraq 3 0 false Wed Aug 26 07:19:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 07:31:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4377271 1416573151 9781416573159 98 41 How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq 3.78 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4377271.How_to_Break_a_Terrorist_The_U_S_Interrogators_Who_Used_Brains_Not_Brutality_to_Take_Down_the_Deadliest_Man_in_Iraq 2 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 15:49:55 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 16:01:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4377271 1416573151 9781416573159 98 41 How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq 3.78 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4377271.How_to_Break_a_Terrorist_The_U_S_Interrogators_Who_Used_Brains_Not_Brutality_to_Take_Down_the_Deadliest_Man_in_Iraq 3 0 false Sat Apr 04 09:53:47 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 10:09:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4377271 1416573151 9781416573159 98 41 How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq 3.78 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4377271.How_to_Break_a_Terrorist_The_U_S_Interrogators_Who_Used_Brains_Not_Brutality_to_Take_Down_the_Deadliest_Man_in_Iraq 4 0 false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 11:27:22 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 11:27:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4377271 1416573151 9781416573159 98 41 How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq 3.78 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4377271.How_to_Break_a_Terrorist_The_U_S_Interrogators_Who_Used_Brains_Not_Brutality_to_Take_Down_the_Deadliest_Man_in_Iraq 0 0 false Sat Dec 06 09:47:45 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 08:31:37 -0800 2009 the guy bothers me, I think because he fails to reflect on how his strategic use of empathy during interrogation is just that--strategic. for example, he'll te...more...]]> 4377271 1416573151 9781416573159 98 41 How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq 3.78 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4377271.How_to_Break_a_Terrorist_The_U_S_Interrogators_Who_Used_Brains_Not_Brutality_to_Take_Down_the_Deadliest_Man_in_Iraq 4 0 false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 31 13:12:31 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:55:04 -0700 2009
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