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Banking on Baghdad
Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and Conflict
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New York Times and international bestselling author Edwin Black uncovers Iraq's hidden economy and the companies that profit from its upheavalBig business and global warfare have long been fiery and symbiotic forces in Iraq. Banking on Baghdad tells the dramatic and tragic history of a land long the center of world commerce-and documents the many ways Iraq's recent history mirrors its tumultuous past. Tracing the involvement
of Western governments and militaries, as well as oil, banking, and other corporate interests in Iraq, Black shows that today, just as yesterday, the world needs Iraq's resources-and is always willing to fight and invade in order to acquire and protect them.
While demonstrating that Iraq itself is partially to blame for its current state of turmoil, Black does not shy away from the uncomfortable truth that war and profit have also played an equal part in creating the Iraq we know today. Just as he did in IBM and the Holocaust, Black exposes the hidden associations between leading corporations, war, and oil-such as the astonishing connections between Nazi Germany, Iraq, and the Holocaust.
He exposes the war and race-based profiteering by some of the world's most prestigious corporations, as well as the political and economic ties between the Bush administration and the companies that gain handsomely from its foreign policy. Just as he did in War Against the Weak, Black offers a compelling blend of history and contemporary investigative journalism that spans a century and eschews easy answers for complicated questions.
Edwin Black (Washington, DC) is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of IBM and the Holocaust, The Transfer Agreement, and War Against the Weak. His journalism has appeared in the Washington Post, The Village Voice, The Sunday Times (of London), and The Los Angeles Times.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; January 2006
497 pages; ISBN 9780471708957
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497 pages; ISBN 9780471708957
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Subject categories
- Academic > Economics > Industries. Land use. Labor > Special industries and trades > Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade
- Academic > History > History of Asia > Iraq (Assyria, Babylonia, Mesopotamia) > Antiquities
- Academic > History > History of Asia > Iraq (Assyria, Babylonia, Mesopotamia) > History
- Political Science > International Relations
- History > Modern
- Social Science
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9780471708957
9780471671862
047170895X

