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

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Doran, Chris (Chris J. L.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : New York : Pluto Press ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.