The Man Who Pushed America to War
The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi
Roston, Aram
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BOOK 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
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Ahmad Chalabi literally changed the world. If anyone were to get the most credit for pushing the United States to war in Iraq, Chalabi, a wealthy exile who spent most of his life out of Iraq, would certainly be a leading contender. A convicted felon and a fugitive from justice in Jordan, Chalabi managed to charm and influence the top leaders of the United States. Those leaders gave him United States government money, which he would, in turn, use to lobby them. He then rode Americas immense power, harnessing it to his interests. More so than President George W. Bush or Vice President Richard Cheney, Chalabi and his followers steered the United States toward its fateful position in Iraq. This is an extraordinary investigative biography, by a brilliant young Emmy award-winning journalist who works for NBCs Investigative Unit, telling the story of Chalabi as a gifted MIT mathematician, to his misadventures in the Middle East, to the invasion of Iraq, which he himself took part in the most theatrical way, posing in the desert with a rag-tag army of Iraqis.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1568583532
ISBN(13-digit): 9781568583532
Dewey Decimal: 956.7044092
Library of Congress: 2007041983
Book Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 369
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