Banking on Baghdad
Subtitle: Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and Conflict
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 497
ISBN-13: 9780471708957
Description: New 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.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: BANKING ON BAGHDAD CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION NOTES ON USAGE PART ONE From Cradle to Crossroads PART TWO Fumes PART THREE War and Petropolitics PART FOUR The Continuing Conflict NOTES.