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Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupationby Pratap Chatterjee
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Combining on-the-ground reportage with documentary sources, Chatterjee probes every aspect of the reconstruction of Iraq, and wherever the managing editor of CorpWatch looks — from the education and health systems to the host of contractors providing security guards and interrogators — he finds the same failings: delays, disastrous under-performance, blatant over-charging, reluctance to employ Iraqis, firms awarded deals despite dodgy records, and (notably in the case of the occupation's biggest beneficiaries, Halliburton and Bechtel) questions about whether links with government influence contract decisions. There's the raw material here for a Michael Moore film or a collaboration between David Hare and the ghost of Brecht. But Chatterjee is content to leave it raw, soberly setting out the comprehensive evidence of dereliction and venality. Synopsis:The reconstruction of Iraq is failing, and the author examines the big failings and even bigger swindles of Iraq's corporate management, from the dangerous follies of an out-of-touch government to the unchecked price — gouging by Cheney's successors at Halliburton.
Synopsis:Almost two years after the "fall of Baghdad,"the situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate. Ordinary Iraqis wait in line for basic necessities like clean water and fuel, while the number of civilians and soldiers killed escalates in tandem with the billions of US tax dollars spent. In Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation, Pratap Chatterjee delivers an on-the-ground account of the occupation business, exposing private contractors as the only winners in this war. Pratap Chatterjeeis an award-winning journalist and program director of the Bay Area-based nonprofit Corpwatch. His early coverage of Bechtel was named Best Business Story by the National Newspaper Association, and he is the recipient of four Project Censored awards. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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