Jim Frederick (1971–2014)
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Jim Frederick was born in Lake Forest, Illinois on November 22, 1971. He received a B.A. in English literature from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He worked at Men's Journal and Working Woman magazine. He spent most of his career at Time näytä lisää Inc. as a reporter and editor for Money and Time magazines. He left company in 2013. He was the co-author, with Charles Robert Jenkins, of The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea. He also wrote Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death. He died of cardiac arrhythmia and arrest on July 31, 2014 at the age of 42. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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- Virallinen nimi
- Frederick, James Durkin
- Syntymäaika
- 1971-11-22
- Kuolinaika
- 2014-07-31
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Libertyville, Illinois, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Oakland, California, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- London, England, UK
New York, New York, USA
San Francisco, California, USA - Koulutus
- New York University (MBA)
Columbia University (BA - English) - Ammatit
- journalist
editor - Organisaatiot
- Time
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Commanders on the group were slow to address this but when they did and raised their concerns with their superiors it was ignored. When it was recommended that that certain soldiers were removed from combat due to their mental states this often fell on deaf ears. The atrocity carried out was heinous and made very difficult reading with a lot of mixed emotions. It is almost impossible to feel any sympathy with those who did the crime but I couldn't help but feel that the superior officers should hold some blame for what happened.
As the book reaches its conclusion the way that people like Tom Kunk were absolved of any responsibility is quite sickening. He is portrayed by all the men interviewed as a thoroughly horrible person and he could have prevented what happened many times over. The brave man who came forward as a whistle blower was treated very poorly by the military and it is clear to see that the army tried to sweep it under the carpet.… (lisätietoja)