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For God And Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire
James Yee
What do you believe in? James Yee believed in God and America and one of those got him thrown in jail.
PublicAffairs
October 2005
Featuring: James Yee
240 pages
ISBN: 1586483692
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
In 2001, Captain James "Yusuf" Yee was commissioned as one
of the first Muslim chaplains in the United States Army.
After the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001, he became a
frequent government spokesman, helping to educate soldiers
about Islam and build understanding throughout the
military. Subsequently, Chaplain Yee was selected to serve
as the Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay, where nearly 700
detainees captured in the war on terror were being held
as "unlawful combatants." In September 2003, after serving at Guantanamo for ten
months in a role that gave him unrestricted access to the
detainees--and after receiving numerous awards for his
service there--Chaplain Yee was secretly arrested on his
way to meet his wife and daughter for a routine two-week
leave. He was locked away in a navy prison, subject to much
of the same treatment that had been imposed on the
Guantanamo detainees. Wrongfully accused of spying, and
aiding the Taliban and Al Qaeda, Yee spent 76 excruciating
days in solitary confinement and was threatened with the
death penalty. After the U.S. government determined it had made a grave
mistake in its original allegations, it vindictively
charged him with adultery and computer pornography. In the
end all criminal charges were dropped and Chaplain Yee's
record wiped clean. But his reputation was tarnished, and
what has been a promising military career was left in
ruins. Depicting a journey of faith and service, Chaplain Yee's
For God and Country is the story of a pioneering officer in
the U.S. Army, who became a victim of the post-September 11
paranoia that gripped a starkly fearful nation. And it
poses a fundamental question: If our country cannot be
loyal to even the most patriotic Americans, can it remain
loyal to itself?
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