Blood Money - 9780316166287

T. Christian Miller

Blood MoneyA Story of Wasted Billions, Lost Lives and Corporate Greed in Iraq\nAuthor(s): T. Christian Miller\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Little, Brown & Company, United States\nImprint: Little, Brown & Company\nISBN-13: 9780316166287, 978-0316166287\nSynopsis\nIt was supposed to be quick and easy. The Bush Administration even promised that it wouldn't cost American taxpayers a thing - Iraqi oil revenues would pay for it all. But billions and billions of dollars and thousands of lives later, the Iraqi reconstruction is an undeniable failure. Iraq pumps out less oil now than it did under Saddam. At best, Iraqis average all of twelve hours a day of electricity. American soldiers lack body armour and adequate protection for their motor vehicles. Increasingly worse off, Iraqis turn against us. Increasingly worse off, our troops are killed by a strengthening insurgency. As T. Christian Miller reveals in this searing and timely book, the Bush Administration has fatally undermin.