The man who pushed America to war : the extraordinary life, adventures, and obsessions of Ahmed Chalabi / Aram Roston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roston, Aram.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shiites--Iraq--Biography.

Shiites.

Statesmen--Iraq--Biography.

Statesmen.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Iraq--Politics and government--1991-2003.

Iraq.

Chalabi, Ahmad, 1944-.

Chalabi, Ahmad.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nation Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From an Emmy award-winning investigative reporter-an explosive biography that tells the untold story of the man most responsible for the war in Iraq.

Contents:

Contents; Prologue; PART I; 1 Golden Age, 1944-1958; 2 Chalabi in America, 1962-1968; 3 Beirut, 1971-1977; 4 Petra Bank, 1977; 5 Iran and Shiism, 1978-1988; 6 Business with Saddam, 1980-1989; 7 The Collapse of the Chalabi Empire, 1989-1990; 8 The Fall of Ahmad Chalabi, 1989; PART II; 9 Desert Storm, 1990-1991; 10 Recruitment, 1991; 11 Going After Jordan, 1992; 12 The Founding of the Iraqi National Congress: Audit by Burglary and Little Coffins, 1991-1992; 13 IBC Communications: The Funding, 1992; 14 Conviction, 1992; 15 Guerrilla Warrior, 1993-1995; 16 Victory in Hong Kong, 1995

17 Tossed Out in the Cold, 1996PART III; 18 Rising Again: Ahmad Chalabi's Allies, 1997; 19 Wooing the Neocons, 1997-1998; 20 Frozen Assets and the Iraq Trust; 21 Forming INDICT; 22 Ahmad Chalabi's Law, 1998; 23 The Money Returns; 24 BKSH: Representing Chalabi; PART IV; 25 The Uses of September 11, 2001; 26 September 11-A New Direction; 27 Saddam's Airline Hijacking School; 28 The Case of the Underground Wells; 29 David Rose, 2001-2003; 30 The Man Who Invented the Mobile Labs, March 2002; 31 Saddam's Mistress, September 2002; 32 The Run-up to War, Summer 2002-Winter 2003

33 The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq,Autumn 200234 The Free Iraqi Forces and the End of the Iraq Liberation Act, Summer 2003-Winter 2003; 35 The Birth of De-Baathification, Summer 2002; 36 There Is Oil in Iraq; 37 Getting Ready, Winter 2003; 38 Entering Iraq, April 2003; 39 The Dossiers, 2003; 40 An Armored Truck and 250 Million, April 2003; 41 De-Baathification, Part II, 2003-2004; 42 Chalabi vs. Bremer, May 2003-April 2004; 43 The UN Gets a Warning, Summer 2003; 44 The State of the Union, January 2004; 45 BKSH at War, 2003-2004; 46 Banking in Iraq, Summer-Fall 2003

47 Chalabi Under Seige, May 200348 The Iran Connection; 49 Weapons of Mass Destruction; 50 Almost at the Top; 51 Inside Deal, 2005; 52 The Vote, 2005-2006; 53 The Rescue of the Journalist, 2005; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.350-360) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46028-5

9786612460289

0-7867-4429-4

OCLC:

318286476