Making the world safe for capitalism : how Iraq threatened the US economic empire and had to be destroyed /

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This title will provide new insights on the Iraq War which still casts a shadow over global politics, and will have wide appeal to all those concerned about the Middle East, world peace and global development.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Doran, Chris (Chris J. L.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : New York : Pluto Press ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Subjects:
2001-2011
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Economic aspects.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Causes.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Aspect économique.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Causes.
HISTORY > Military > Iraq War (2003- )
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Diplomatic relations
Economics
War > Causes
United States > Foreign relations > 2001-2009.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 2001-2009.
Iraq
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Making sense of the invasion and occupation of Iraq
  • Iraq's potential threat to Saudi Arabia as a US client state
  • Dollar dominance: controlling the dollar, controlling Iraq
  • Losing out: the US eliminated from oil and other Iraqi markets post sanctions
  • Regime change: opportunity to create a brand new, neoliberal, free market state
  • Expanding the empire: a neoliberal free trade area for the Middle East
  • Sowing the seeds of democracy: a case study of Iraqi agriculture
  • Conclusion: Iraq and the corporate capture of the democratic state.

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