Privilege Lost: How a nice Jewish boy survived five years in America's darkest prisons.

Many nice young upper-middle class white boys have dreamed about being the ultimate bad-ass.

Few have been forced to prove it.

For straight-A student and suburban Jewish boy Joshua Elyashiv, the dream of being tough and invincible, like his heroes Jason Bourne and Bruce Lee to name just a few, was so overwhelming that he convinced his parents to put him through military school where he became a decorated martial arts pro.

Then, through a fluke chain of events that Joshua never could have predi...