Product Description

Honor Bound is an intriguing book that explains the law of war and the inside story of military commissions. The author is a former JAG lawyer who served on the prosecution team, worked in Guantanamo Bay, and was legal advisor to an elite team of war crimes investigators. Through a series of entertaining vignettes, Rotunda discusses and analyzes the laws governing the war on terror, the Geneva Conventions, and the laws related to detainees held in Cuba.

Readers will look at Marine Corps training in Quantico, Virginia; learn about Gitmo's detention camp through the author s experiences with real detainees and real interrogators; travel the globe with 'terrorist hunters' following investigatory leads; see what went wrong in Gitmo and with the military commissions; meet Private Jessica Lynch; and learn about laws that protect the combat wounded. Scholarly and informative, this book is also a fascinating and engaging read.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #325071 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 264 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781594605123
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
Anyone wishing to understand the upcoming detainee trials will want to read this fine account. -- Professor J. Peter Pham, James Madison University and Director of the Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs

Honor Bound is an engrossing, first-hand account of military justice in an age of terrorism and what it takes to defend liberty as a JAG officer today. -- Edwin Meese, Former U.S. Attorney General

Honor Bound is an engrossing, first-hand account of military justice in an age of terrorism and what it takes to defend liberty as a JAG officer today. And though Major Rotunda pulls no punches where criticism is due, she (and we) can be justly proud of the underlying integrity of our military services and the honor-bound system of our men and women in uniform. --Edwin Meese, Former U.S. Attorney General

Kyndra Rotunda provides a unique perspective, having served in three different capacities. She was the legal advisor in Guantanamo Bay to the detention camp commander in 2002-2003, where she provided legal advice to the Commander and worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Later, as a member of the Criminal Investigations Task Force, she was legal counsel to the military law enforcement agents who interviewed detainees and developed cases for possible prosecution. Finally, as a member of the Office of the Chief Prosecutor, she prepared war crimes charges against alleged al Qaida and Taliban members designated for trial at Guantanamo Bay. No one else saw things unfold from these three distinct vantage points. --Morris Davis, Former Chief Prosecutor for the Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay

Major Rotunda has written an immensely readable and stunningly valuable book about terrorism, terrorists and the extraordinarily difficult and demanding task our military faces in dealing with captured enemy combatants. I have twice visited Guantanamo, and participated in our Government's defense against some of the legal challenges to our nation's efforts to protect us from another--possibly vastly more dreadful--September 11. Nevertheless, this book was a page-turning eye-opener for me. No American should miss the opportunity--and responsibility--to read it. Bravo! --Theodore B. Olson, Former Solicitor General of the United States, Former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, and partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Major Rotunda makes "it clear to all that our American fighting men and women do conduct themselves in combat with honor and within the law and the Geneva Conventions." -- Rear Admiral [Ret.] James J. Carey, National Co-Chairman, The Flag & General Officers' Network

This book is must reading for anyone interested in understanding what really happened in the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo. -- Prof. Robert F. Turner Co-founder, Center for National Security Law University of Virginia School of Law

This eye-opening inside account must be read by everyone who cares about balancing national security and human dignity. -- Alan M. Dershowitz, Harvard Law School Professor and Author of Finding Jefferson (Wiley 2007)

About the Author
Kyndra Rotunda, a lawyer, is a Major and JAG Officer in the U.S. Army Individual Ready Reserve, and a leading expert in military law. She has served three tours in the Global War on Terror, including one as a prosecutor at the Office of Military Commissions and one in Guantanamo Bay. Rotunda is in private practice and devotes much of her time to advocating for wounded troops and military families. She has represented hundreds of soldiers before their disability boards at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and was the lawyer assigned to Jessica Lynch after Lynch's rescue. Rotunda was recently recruited by the National Veteran's Legal Services Program to produce a series of instructional DVDs about military law, to be published by Lexis Nexis. She is an avid writer and her op-eds have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor.

Customer Reviews

Honor Bound, Inside the Guantanamo Trials
Wow! I purchased several copies of this book, because I was a law school class mate of Kyndra. I opened up a copy, and didn't put it down until I finished it. Very impressive and so informative. Definitely an insider's real life experience, which is such a breath of fresh air, after only hearing about "Gitmo" from the twisted and often unreliable perspectives of the media. I truly hope Kyndra continues her writing, as I am already waiting for her next book Go Kyndra!!
Rendy Sell Lemke

America should read this book!
I opened this book with great anticipation, but with the expectation that I may not be able to understand everything I was about to read with respect to the content. Kyndra's unique and charming style has made this book easy to read, while extremely informative with explanations of circumstances, laws and situations an average person can absorb. Her personal account is eye-opening and intriguing, one that every American should take advantage to read! I am thankful that she has shared her story and I look forward to future publications of this very talented author.

A Liberating Account
This book is a HISTORICAL first hand account of an experience with the trials in Cuba. This book is easy to read and Kyndra allows a reader with little understanding of the world of a lawyer to understand what is happening. Extensively referrenced with supporting information. Pictures add to the compelling nature of the book. This story is hard to put down. I appreciate the true account of Kyndra's experiences.