Blood Money Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq

by Miller, T. Christian

• ISBN13: 9780316166287
• ISBN10: 0316166286
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-02
• Publisher: Back Bay Books

Summary

It was supposed to be quick, easy, and cheap: the Bush administration promised American taxpayers that Iraqi oil revenues would pay for it all. But thousands of lives and billions of dollars later, the Iraqi reconstruction is an undeniable failure, overrun by staggering corruption, waste, and incompetence. In BLOOD MONEY, "top-flight investigative reporter" (Mother Jones) T. Christian Miller reveals how the Bush administration failed to keep its promises and allowed a nation to tumble into chaos. Widely hailed as one of the most important books about the quagmire, BLOOD MONEY is essential reading for anyone who cares about the fate of Iraq, and about America's place in the world.

Author Biography

T. Christian Miller is an investigative reporter who writes for the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau. In his career as a professional journalist, he has covered four wars and a presidential campaign, and has reported from more than two dozen countries. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

Time Line of Key Events in Iraq War and Reconstruction	p. xiii
Promises	p. 3
Cowboy Days
Man of Honor	p. 11
High Noon	p. 19
Back at the Ranch	p. 42
The Halliburton Gang	p. 72
The Mother Lode	p. 92
Turning Dirt
The Builder	p. 111
The Shooting Starts	p. 132
Private Armies	p. 153
Blind Mice	p. 186
Hands Off
Boom Town	p. 209
The Fix	p. 223
Hired Hands	p. 242
Power	p. 260
Cost of War	p. 278
Epilogue	p. 287
Afterword	p. 294
Acknowledgments	p. 302
Notes	p. 304
Selected Bibliography	p. 326
Index	p. 328
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