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.
"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
"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's book, Honor Bound, is not only an interesting and well-written account of her experiences as a military lawyer, but reveals the surprising facts behind the Guantanamo Bay detainee stories, the problems with recent War Crimes prosecution trials and a host of other facets of the War on Terror." — Professor Joyce Malcolm, George Mason University Law School
"While not everyone will agree with this well-argued book’s conclusions, 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
"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
"A thrilling account." — James L. Swanson New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer
"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
