Subversion: A Shocking True Story of Corruption and Redemption in the Nuclear Submarine Force and the War in Iraq - Softcover

Brownfield, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616083492 ISBN 13: 9781616083496

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

In Subversion, Lieutenant Christopher Brownfield recounts how a true believer in the power of the U.S. military loses his faith during the War on Terror. As an English major trained by the navy to supervise nuclear reactors aboard Cold War submarines, Brownfield constantly finds himself at odds with the establishment, asking the kinds of questions that good little officers should never ask. . .

After years of waiting for Osama bin Laden to hop aboard a rubber raft with WMD, Brownfield puts down the rose colored periscope of the submarine force and volunteers for duty in Iraq. At the height of the insurgency, he joins a special operations unit charged with coordinating the coalition's strategy for Iraq's electricity and oil.

Subversion is a shocking true story of corruption, incompetence, careerism, and redemption in the post 9/11 military that leaves the reader wondering who the real subversives are: guys like Brownfield or those who led us all astray. . .

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Review

It s got a cocky, star-spangled, wide-angle feel, as if a subversive young novelist rewrote a Tom Clancy thriller after first piloting some nuclear submarines as a gonzo practice drill.

Astimulating, disabused tale of corruption, incompetence, and careerism inuniform.

Witty, sarcastic . . . a valuable read and animportant history.

A stimulating, disabused tale of corruption, incompetence, and careerism in uniform.

It 's got a cocky, star-spangled, wide-angle feel, as if a subversive young novelist rewrote a Tom Clancy thriller after first piloting some nuclear submarines as a gonzo practice drill.

Witty, sarcastic . . . a valuable read and an important history.

Witty, insightful, scathing, appalling and inspiring a must-read book on the Iraq war.

About the Author

Christopher Brownfield was born in Michigan and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. He has a master’s degree in international energy policy and international economics from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and a master’s degree in engineering management from Old Dominion University. Brownfield has also been a visiting scholar on nuclear policy with the Hertog Global Strategy Initiative at Columbia University. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

Edition details

• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1616083492
• ISBN 13: 9781616083496
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336