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2006 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

The Economics of the Oil War

Author : James K. Galbraith

Published in: Unbearable Cost

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Underlying the talk of weapons of mass destruction, democracy, human rights, and George W. Bush’s supposed quest for personal vengeance against Saddam Hussein (‘He tried to kill my Dad’). there has always lurked the suspicion that it was about oil. That maps of the Iraqi oil fields made their way to the Cheney energy task force back in 2001 doesn’t exactly ease this suspicion. Neither does Bush’s determination to stay in Iraq, now that vengeance is his — but the occupation is plainly failing to achieve any of its other objectives.

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Metadata
Title
The Economics of the Oil War
Author
James K. Galbraith
Copyright Year
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Book
Unbearable Cost

Print ISBN: 978-0-230-01901-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-0-230-23672-1

Copyright Year: 2006

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230236721_27