Banking on Baghdad: Inside Iraq's 7,000-year History of War, Profit, and Conflict

Type

Book

Authors

Edwin Black

ISBN 10

0914153129

ISBN 13

9780914153122

Tags

Economic History, Iraq

Description

In Banking on Baghdad, New York Times and international bestselling author Edwin Black chronicles the dramatic and tragic history of a land long the center of world commerce and conflict. Tracing the involvement of Western governments and militaries, as well as oil, banking, and other corporate interests, Black pinpoints why today, just as throughout modern history, the world needs Iraq's resources and remains determined to acquire and protect them. Banking on Baghdad almost painfully documents the many ways Iraq's recent history mirrors its tumultuous past. - from Amzon

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