Erin Banco Pipe Dreams (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Pipe DreamsCondition: NewSubtitle: The Plundering of Iraq's Oil WealthEAN: 9780997722949ISBN: 9780997722949Publisher: Columbia Global ReportsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/15/2018Description: What happened to Iraq’s oil wealth?Iraq sits on top of more than 140 billion barrels of oil, making it the owner of the world’s fifth largest reserves. When the United States invaded in 2003, the Bush Administration promised that oil revenue—according to one report, totaling some $700 billion since the invasion, accounting for at least 80 percent of the Iraqi government budget—would be used to win the war and to rebuild and democratize the country. But fifteen years later, those dreams have been shattered. The economy has flat-lined, millions of people are internally displaced, and institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have had to provide billions of dollars to the country every year. Where did all the oil revenue go?Based on court documents and on exclusive interviews with sources who have investigated energy companies, American, British and Iraqi government officials, and the middlemen between them, reporter Erin Banco traveled to oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan—an autonomous region that holds, according to the regional government, some 45 billion barrels of crude—to uncover how widespread corruption, tribal cronyism, kickbacks to political parties, and the war with ISIS have contributed to the plundering of Iraq’s oil wealth. The region’s economy and political stability have been on the brink of collapse, and local people are suffering. Pipe Dreams is a cautionary tale that reveals how the dream of an oil-financed, American-style democracy in Iraqi Kurdistan now looks like a completely unrealistic fantasy.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 190mmItem Length: 127mmAuthor: Erin BancoGenre: Technology & EngineeringTopic: Society & Culture, Law & Politics, History, Military HistoryRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: Pipe Dreams

Title: Pipe Dreams

Subtitle: The Plundering of Iraq's Oil Wealth

EAN: 9780997722949

ISBN: 9780997722949

Release Date: 03/15/2018

Release Year: 2018

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Book Title: Pipedreams : the Plundering of Iraq's Oil Wealth

Number of Pages: 140 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Columbia Global Reports

Item Height: 0.4 in

Topic: World / Middle Eastern, Natural Resources, Petroleum

Publication Year: 2018

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Nature, Political Science, Technology & Engineering

Item Weight: 5.3 Oz

Author: Erin Banco

Item Length: 7.5 in

Item Width: 5 in

Format: Trade Paperback