Making the World Safe for Capitalism: How Iraq Threatened the US Economic Empire and had to be Destroyed PDF
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Making the World Safe for Capitalism Doran T02525 00 pre 1 02/04/2012 08:25 Doran T02525 00 pre 2 02/04/2012 08:25 Making the World Safe for CapitaliSM how iraq threatened the US economic empire and had to be destroyed Christopher Doran Doran T02525 00 pre 3 02/04/2012 08:25 first published 2012 by pluto press 345 archway road, london n6 5aa www.plutobooks.com distributed in the United States of america exclusively by palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin’s press llC, 175 fifth avenue, new York, nY 10010 Copyright © Christopher doran 2012 the right of Christopher doran to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, designs and patents act 1988. British library Cataloguing in publication data a catalogue record for this book is available from the British library iSBn 978 0 7453 3223 9 hardback iSBn 978 0 7453 3222 2 paperback iSBn 978 1 84964 667 3 pdf iSBn 978 1 84964 669 7 kindle iSBn 978 1 84964 668 0 epub library of Congress Cataloging in publication data applied for this book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental standards of the country of origin. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 designed and produced for pluto press by Chase publishing Services ltd typeset from disk by Stanford dtp Services, northampton, england Simultaneously printed digitally by Cpi antony rowe, Chippenham, Uk and edwards Bros in the United States of america Doran T02525 00 pre 4 02/04/2012 08:25 This book is dedicated to the memory of Peter Gray. Doran T02525 00 pre 5 02/04/2012 08:25 Doran T02525 00 pre 6 02/04/2012 08:25 Contents Part I MakIng SenSe of the InvaSIon anD oCCuPatIon of Iraq 1 Introduction: Making Sense of Iraq 3 2 Iraq: a Devastated Country 13 3 a full Scale economic overhaul: the rise of free Market neoliberalism 18 4 Chile and the Blueprint for Iraq 27 Part II Iraq’S PotentIal threat to SauDI araBIa aS a uS ClIent State 5 nixon, Saudi arabia and the geopolitical roots of the Iraq Invasion 37 6 Petrodollar recycling, third World Debt and the Washington Consensus 43 7 neoliberalism, Debt and american empire 51 8 Containing Iraq: the gulf War and Sanctions 59 Part III Dollar DoMInanCe: ControllIng the Dollar, ControllIng Iraq 9 threat to the Dollar: Iraq, the euro and Dollar Dominance 71 10 Dollar Challenge redux: the global financial Crisis and Iraqi oil 79 11 Containing Iraq: oil, Imperialism and the rise of Corporate rule 86 12 Iraq: resistance and revolution 96 Part Iv loSIng out: the uS elIMInateD froM oIl anD other IraqI MarketS PoSt SanCtIonS 13 State of Play: neoliberalism Wounded, uS hegemony Challenged 107 Doran T02525 00 pre 7 02/04/2012 08:25 viii Making the World Safe for CapitaliSM 14 losing out: the geopolitical Significance of Iraq’s oil 116 15 the Push for War 123 16 Invading Iraq: Bush’s agenda from Day one 129 Part v regIMe Change: oPPortunIty to Create a BranD neW, neolIBeral, free Market State 17 regime Change: the Bremer economic orders 137 18 reconstruction and Corruption: the next klondike 147 19 reconstruction and Corruption: the halliburton and Bechtel Contracts 154 20 locking Down Iraq: Post Sovereignty 160 21 Iraqi oil: a new and Improved Saudi arabia for the twenty-first Century 167 Part vI exPanDIng the eMPIre: a neolIBeral free traDe area for the MIDDle eaSt 22 the uS Middle east free trade area 177 23 Case Studies: Jordan and Morocco 185 24 Case Studies: oman and Bahrain 192 25 egypt and how to Make a fortune from hunger and Misery 199 Part vII SoWIng the SeeDS of DeMoCraCy: a CaSe StuDy of IraqI agrICulture 26 neoliberal authority: Iraqi agriculture 211 27 order 81 and the genetically Modified Seeds of Democracy 216 28 Seeds in the ground 223 29 hunger and Misery: a Profitable occupation 229 Part vIII ConCluSIon: Iraq anD the CorPorate CaPture of the DeMoCratIC State 30 the Corporate Capture of the Democratic State 237 Notes 249 Index 275 Doran T02525 00 pre 8 02/04/2012 08:25 Part I Making Sense of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Doran T02525 01 text 1 02/04/2012 08:25
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