{"product_id":"readme-txt-a-memoir-1","title":"README.txt: A Memoir","description":"An intimate, revealing memoir from one of the most important activists of our time.\n\nWhile working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq for the United States Army in 2010, Chelsea Manning disclosed more than seven hundred thousand classified military and diplomatic records that she had smuggled out of the country on the memory card of her digital camera. In 2011, she was charged with twenty-two counts related to the unauthorized possession and distribution of classified military records, and in 2013, she was sentenced to thirty-five years in military prison.\n\nThe day after her conviction, Manning declared her gender identity as a woman and began to transition, seeking hormones through the federal court system. In 2017, President Barack Obama commuted her sentence and she was released from prison.\n\nIn README.txt, Manning recounts how her pleas for increased institutional transparency and government accountability took place alongside a fight to defend her rights as a trans woman. Manning details the challenges of her childhood and adolescence as a naive, computer-savvy kid, what drew her to the military, and the fierce pride she has about the work she does. This powerful, observant memoir will stand as one of the definitive testaments of our digital, information-driven age.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374279276\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0374279276.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Manning, Chelsea\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47374691893425,"sku":"RDV.0374279276.VG","price":7.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0374279276-0_d0f0add0-a58b-4a0a-a0e2-b01937ec5d3a.jpg?v=1781027248","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/readme-txt-a-memoir-1","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}