Chelsea Manning is an American transparency activist, politician and former US Army intelligence analyst. She lives in Brooklyn and works as a security consultant and expert in data science and machine learning. She has written for the Guardian and New York Times and tweets @xychelsea.
Gripping ... It takes extraordinary qualities to do some of the
things she recounts in this book ... Manning has become a new kind
of American heroine
*Observer*
Electrifying ... an insider confessional turned inside out for the
21st century ... Manning reckons with this complex relationship of
sex and gender to political radicalism ... absorbing ...
sublime
*Washington Post*
One of the bravest persons alive
*Yanis Varoufakis*
A terrific read, full of unexpected turns and details that counter
many of the assumptions made about Manning at the time ... Opens
like a Jason Bourne novel
*Guardian*
Chelsea Manning is the biggest hero that ever lived
*Vivienne Westwood*
A heroine to millions
*Alan Moore*
A searing personal element ... Although troubling to read, it
manages to be uplifting as well
*The New York Times*
Harrowing ... affecting
*New Statesman*
A candidly told story from activist Chelsea Manning, which turns
the tell-all confessional upside down. ... Chelsea moves through
her life story with poignant, personal detail ... It's shocking to
read what she's witnessed and triumphed over.
*The Face*
Forceful ... To those who see Manning as a hero, [her memoir] will
only intensify that feeling, given all the hardships she has
overcome. Those who see villainy may perhaps find their views
tempered by sympathy
*Sunday Times*
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