Jan Priddy’s Reviews > American War > Status Update

I recall decades ago when there was concern the US government was torturing prisoners, a former military agent testified about waterboarding, which his training had caused him to experience. He said with that torture—he said it absolutely was torture—he could make a person say anything he wanted, that the tortured would say anything to make it stop. Thus it was not only cruel but produced absolutely nothing reliable.

I will buy his recent one. New. Hardcover.

I've gone back twice to: "This isn't a story about war. It's about ruin."

All war stories are about ruin...

Immediately compelling.