Pipe Dreams: The Plundering of Iraq's Oil Wealth

by Erin Banco

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997722940
• ISBN13: 9780997722949
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Columbia Global Reports
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.4"