Banking on Baghdad: Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and ConflictNew York Times and international bestselling author Edwin Black uncovers Iraq's hidden economy and the companies that profit from its upheaval Big 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. |
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معاينة المستخدمين - HolocaustMuseum - LibraryThingThis book gives us insight into the 7000 year history of Iraq and its problems that still impact the world today. In the last 100 years, oil and the politics of finding, and securing it have driven ... قراءة التقييم بأكمله
Banking on Baghdad: inside Iraq's 7, 000-year history of war, profit and conflict
معاينة المستخدمين - Not Available - Book VerdictBlack's work should not be taken to the bank. While purporting to be a 7000-year history of Iraq with related economic implications, it ends up being a work of invective and innuendo, sloppy history ... قراءة التقييم بأكمله
المحتوى
Have a Nice Day | 3 |
The Cradle of Commerce | 13 |
Robbing the Cradle | 21 |
The Three Ottoman Provinces | 49 |
The Sick Man | 71 |
PART TWO Fumes | 93 |
Oil | 95 |
The Race to Monopolize | 113 |
Chaos and Conquest | 195 |
The Undeclared Country | 211 |
Jihad against Britain | 229 |
The Red Line | 261 |
PART FOUR The Continuing Conflict | 291 |
The Nazi Intersection | 293 |
The Price of Prejudice | 331 |
The Three Gulfs | 353 |
Mr Five Percent | 137 |
Fuel and Fuse | 157 |
PART THREE War and Petropolitics | 167 |
Invasion | 169 |
The Proclamation | 191 |
NOTES | 377 |
MAJOR SOURCES | 437 |
451 | |
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Agreement Allies American Anatolia Anglo-Iranian Anglo-Persian Oil Company Arab national Archives Armenian army Author’s interview Baghdad Basra became benkian bombing Britain British government caliph century Christian Churchill Civile Liste commercial concession created D’Arcy declared Deterding Deutsche diplomatic Europe Faisal forces Foreign Office French German Greenway Gulbenkian History Hussein India industry interview with Hughes Iraq Petroleum Company Iraq’s Iraqi Islamic Istanbul Jewish Jews Journal killed Kuwait land letter London Longrigg memo Mesopotamia Mesopotamian oil Middle East Mideast Midhat military million minister Mongol Moslem mosque Mosul mufti Najaf Nazi negotiations Nichols oil fields Olex Ottoman Empire Palestine Pasha percent Persian political provinces Rashid Red Line Royal Dutch Royal Dutch Shell secret Secretary Shi’a Shiite soldiers sultan Syria telegram territory tion trade treaty troops Turkey Turkish Petroleum Company Turks Umayyad Wilson Zionist