Blood Money - A Story of Wasted Billions, Lost Lives and Corporate Greed in Iraq (Paperback, 1st Back Bay pbk. ed)

It was supposed to be quick and easy. The Bush Administration even promised that it wouldn't cost American taxpayers a thing - Iraqi oil revenues would pay for it all. But billions and billions of dollars and thousands of lives later, the Iraqi reconstruction is an undeniable failure. Iraq pumps out less oil now than it did under Saddam. At best, Iraqis average all of twelve hours a day of electricity. American soldiers lack body armour and adequate protection for their motor vehicles. Increasingly worse off, Iraqis turn against us. Increasingly worse off, our troops are killed by a strengthening insurgency. As T. Christian Miller reveals in this searing and timely book, the Bush Administration has fatally undermined the war effort and our soldiers by handing out mountains of cash not to the best companies for the reconstruction effort, but to buddies, cronies, relatives and political hacks - some of whom have simply taken the money and run with it.

General

Imprint:	Little, Brown
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2007
First published:	May 2007
Authors:	T. Christian Miller
Dimensions:	208 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	340
Edition:	1st Back Bay pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-316-16628-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > General
LSN:	0-316-16628-6
Barcode:	9780316166287

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