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Author:   Christopher Doran
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780745332222

ISBN 10:   0745332226
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   08 May 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I: MAKING SENSE OF THE INVASION OF IRAQ 1. Introduction: Making Sense of Iraq 2. Iraq: A Devastated Country 3. Chile and the Blueprint for Iraq PART II: IRAQ’S POTENTIAL THREAT TO SAUDI ARABIA 4. Nixon, Saudi Arabia, and the Geopolitics of the Iraq Invasion 5. Petrodollar Recycling and Third World Debt 6. Containing Iraq: the Gulf War and Sanctions PART III: DOLLAR DOMINANCE 7. Threat to the Dollar: Iraq, the Euro, and Dollar Dominance 8. Dollar Challenge Redux: the Global Financial Crisis and Iraqi Oil 9. Containing Iraq: Oil, Imperialism, and the Rise of Corporate Rule PART IV: US LOSING OUT POST SANCTIONS 10. Neoliberalism Wounded, US Hegemony Challenged 11. Losing Out: The Geopolitical Significance of Iraq’s Oil 12. Invading Iraq: Bush Agenda from Day One PART V REGIME CHANGE: CREATING A FREE MARKET STATE 13. Regime Change: the Bremer Economic Orders 14. The Halliburton and Bechtel Contracts 15. Iraq: A New and Improved Saudi Arabia for the 21st Century PART VI EXPANDING THE EMPIRE 16. The US Middle East Free Trade Area 17. Case Studies: Jordan, Morocco, Oman and Bahrain 18. Egypt and How to Make a Fortune from Hunger and Misery PART VII A CASE STUDY OF IRAQI AGRICULTURE 19. Order 81 and the Genetically Modified Seeds of Democracy 20. Hunger and Misery: A Profitable Occupation 21. Conclusion: The Corporate Capture of the Democratic State Notes Index

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A significant contribution to the scholarly literatures on neoliberalism and the US intervention in lraq. Among the most important claims is that neoliberal governance can assume a distinctly militarised form, as it has in Iraq ... Insightful and compelling. -- David McNally, York University, author of Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance A critique of American power in Iraq in the traditions of Noam Chomsky and Naomi Klein. Based on systematic research, it pulls no punches in revealing the abuses of corporate and state power. Doran's powerful account shows how 'militarised neoliberalism' operates in the interests of giant corporations, and how the expansion of the 'market economy' into unwelcoming territory is driven by an iron fist. -- Frank Stilwell, Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney Doran's book provides a fresh and unconventional perspective on the origins of the war in Iraq and with it thought-provoking insights into the motivations of the US government when it invaded Iraq. -- Sharon Beder, author of Free Market Missionaries and Suiting Themselves: How Corporations Drive the Corporate Agenda.

Doran's book provides a fresh and unconventional perspective on the origins of the war in Iraq and with it thought-provoking insights into the motivations of the US government when it invaded Iraq. -- Sharon Beder, author of Free Market Missionaries and Suiting Themselves: How Corporations Drive the Corporate Agenda. Doran pulls no punches in revealing the abuses of corporate and state power. His emphasis on the intimate connection between economic and military interests makes for compelling reading. This is a powerful account of how the expansion of the 'market economy' into unwelcoming territory is driven by an iron fist. -- Frank Stilwell, Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney A significant contribution to the scholarly literatures on neoliberalism and the US intervention in lraq. Among the most important claims is that neoliberal governance can assume a distinctly militarised form, as it has in Iraq. ... Insightful and compelling. -- David McNally, York University, author of Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance

A significant contribution to the scholarly literatures on neoliberalism and the US intervention in lraq. Among the most important claims is that neoliberal governance can assume a distinctly militarised form, as it has in Iraq. ... Insightful and compelling. -- David McNally, York University, author of Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance Doran pulls no punches in revealing the abuses of corporate and state power. His emphasis on the intimate connection between economic and military interests makes for compelling reading. This is a powerful account of how the expansion of the 'market economy, into unwelcoming territory is driven by an iron fist. -- Frank Stilwell, Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney Doran's book provides a fresh and unconventional perspective on the origins of the war in Iraq and with it thought-provoking insights into the motivations of the US government when it invaded Iraq. -- Sharon Beder, author of Free Market Missionaries and Suiting Themselves: How Corporations Drive the Corporate Agenda.

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Christopher Doran teaches in the department of labor studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, and the department of Political Sociology at Indiana University, Columbus. He is a long-time activist, teacher and writer. His research focuses on the relationship between corporations and democracy, in particular the legal right of corporations to influence political decision-making.

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