Oil, Power, & Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda (Paperback)

~ Larry Everest (Author)

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Is the U.S. poised to topple Saddam -because of his taste for biological and other weapons of mass destruction? Is it George Jr.'s revenge for his father? This tightly written book reveals the agenda behind the U.S. moves and why now. Including an overview of history, this book is timeless and timely.

Larry Everest is a correspondent for the Revolutionary Worker newspaper and author of Behind the Poison Cloud: Union Carbide's Bhopal Massacre. He has reported from the Iran, the West Bank, Gaza, India, and Iraq, and his articles have appeared in publications across the U.S. In 1991 he traveled to Iraq and shot the video "Iraq: War Against the People." He currently lives in Berkeley, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Common Courage Press (May 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567512461
• ISBN-13: 978-1567512465
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #710,506 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worse fears confirmed, May 23, 2004

By A Customer

I just saw Larry Everest on CSpan as well. This man is no nutcase-- he makes the kind of sense that gives a chilling credibility to one's worst suspicions and fears about what is going on in this country right now. I knew nothing about him or his book but I'm about to buy it innediately!

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The red pill, March 29, 2004

By A Customer

Oil, Power, & Empire is an invitation to "take the red pill" and see the truth behind the matrix of lies which the Bush administration has been promoting. The accuracy and clarity of Larry's presentation will be a real challenge to anyone whose sense of security is based on the idea that the present administration is being honest about what drives its agenda in Iraq, and what its plans for our future here in the "homeland" are. If you're ready for the challenge of being dis-illusioned, Larry's book is the place to start.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally -- why the US is in Iraq!, March 29, 2004

By A Customer

I've been watching Richard Clarke on TV tell how Bush was focused on Iraq from day one, and how he pushed Clarke to link Iraq to Osama bin Laden after 911 - even though Clarke knew there was no connection. But no one asks the key question: WHY was Bush focused on Iraq and why did the US invade? Oil, Power and Empire clearly answers this question (and documents its answer!) -- and much, much more.

As Daniel Ellsberg wrote in his blurb: "This remarkable account of US and UK policy toward Iraq--from its founding as a British colony after World War I to the immediate present--is brilliantly illuminating in an almost literal sense. It's as if the author had suddenly turned the lights on in the dark cellar of American foreign policy in the Middle East. Highly readable, studded with cogent, often startling quotations, the story is at the same time soberly told, factual and horrifying: but above all, enlightening. I can't recommend it too highly for the many struggling to fathom how America came to the present calamitous role of occupying Iraq against local resistance."