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Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq Hardcover – August 29, 2006

by T. Christian Miller (Author)
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An investigative reporter pens an explosive indictment of how the Bush Administration wasted billions in Iraq through sweetheart deals to G.O.P. supporters, outrageous contracts to corrupt companies, and absurdly naive assumptions.
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  1. Print length
    352 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Little, Brown and Company
  4. Publication date
    August 29, 2006
  5. Dimensions
    6.25 x 1.13 x 9.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0316166278
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0316166270
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  • A. Lands
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hits the nail on the head
    Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2006
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    I first learned of this book while listening to Fresh Air on NPR. Of course I didn't catch the whole interview but the one word caught me...BECHTEL. Well, come to find out, I knew what this guy was talking about and where he came from. I was in Iraq at the same as the author. I know the people he mentioned. I have witnessed alot of what he writes about. If you weren't there, this book will give you an honest insight of the issues at hand. Unfortunately, his points are not without bias. Read this with an open mind.
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  • Armchair Interviews
    4.0 out of 5 stars Reader make up their own mind
    Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2006
    Blood Money is a dramatic, persuasive and meticulous work. It would be better without the biased innuendos found throughout, such as VP Chaney somehow benefiting through the government contracts with his old company, Haliburton Oil. No proof of this is offered.

    According to Miller, the greatest error of the present administration--in its efforts to rebuild Iraq after the invasion--was their theory that the sale of Irag's oil could be used to fund the rebuilding. Unfortunately, oil production has never reached the pre-war level, because of sabotage, the deterioration of the drilling and refining equipment, and the U.N. sanctions.

    As a result in this error in planning and others, the U.S. taxpayers are spending billions to rebuild and safeguard the country. He does note that there have been many success stories in Iraq, but dismisses them as not markedly improving the life of the average Iraqi.

    After reading the book, there should be no doubt in the reader's mind that things are not going well in Iraq. All types of bungling are documented, from the government's general incompetence, to obvious contract corruption, to falling oil production, to the delivery of unsatisfactory arms and equipment to the Iraqis, to the lack of clean water and 24-hour electricity. The list goes on!

    The message of the book is clear: the reconstruction effort was and is a complete fiasco.

    Armchair Interviews says: Facts are presently clearly for the reader to make up their own mind.
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  • M. S Shotzberger
    5.0 out of 5 stars Only Good Manners ......
    Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2007
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    .. prevent me from typing what I really want to say. That would be a string of obscenities that would get me kicked off Amazon.

    This book offers the proof that this whole fiasco of a "war" was designed to rob the Treasury of the United States.
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  • David Forel
    5.0 out of 5 stars No govt. plan, follow-through leaves Iraq in collapse
    Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018
    The subtitle contains "corporate greed," but I think this is redundant. The author makes clear entrepreneurs (read "war profiteers") came at Iraq reconstruction with eyes and hands wide open. Just as I don't blame a snake for biting me if I walk on top of it, I don't blame corporations for being greedy (although, yes, it sickens me). I think the author makes clear the United States government just did not care enough about overseeing the planning and execution of Iraqi reconstruction. Billions of dollars were spent and, according to the U.S. government, many of those billions did not buy a rebuilt Iraq because they were either poorly spent or are missing.

    Chapter 10, Boom Town, documents what was done in Sadr City, a Baghdad slum (author's words). Small dollars (thousands at a time, not millions) spent locally on projects with high value, cleverly adapted to local conditions. This is a classic counter-insurgency success.

    At the end of the book, the author contrasts Iraq reconstruction with the Marshall Plan. He points out the reconstruction of Europe did not succeed in the beginning. The Marshall Planners "rebuilt the reconstruction." I lament that today we seem to have no leaders with vision and honor, that whistle blowers are branded crazy or criminals. It seems we have lost the art and purpose of introspection that leads to living for ideals. Iraq reconstruction seems to have been a U.S. government lack of systemic vision and purpose. We failed our own ideals.
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  • Christina Fixemer
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Bigger Mess than John Q. Public Thought
    Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2006
    Halliburton is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Have you ever heard of Nuor, Bechtel, or SYColeman? They are merely chunks off an icy flotilla of the government's favored contractors.

    Daily news reports are filled with hints of the abuse of taxpayer dollars. In Blood Money, Miller spells it out in sickening detail. The very people who the American public have entrusted to "take care of business" are doing just that, and lining their own pockets in the process. No project, or life, is too big next to pockets of green.

    The Iraqi reconstruction process is plagued with poor planning, poor implementation, and misguided funding. Contractors are put in the line of fire in order to repair or rebuild infrastructure, and much of it falls apart after they leave due to the lack of training and/or necessary tools to keep it going. In some cases, the "reconstruction" efforts may have lasting negative effects on Iraqi citizens.

    Especially alarming is the possibility that botched repairs of a water infusion plant by a highly-paid American contracting group may be contributing to permanent damage to Iraqi oil fields. In the desert, the lack of ground water affects the pressure needed to allow oil to seep up from the ground, and the infusion plant does just that: infuses water into the ground to increase that pressure. Making matters worse are the broken pipelines that cause oil backups at working wells, forcing well workers to pump it back into the ground.

    Then there are the "expendable" third-world workers and blue-collar truck drivers brought in by some contractors to fill job orders - only to be mowed down by insurgent fire.

    The examples of political and corporate abuse are so abundant that even reading a few chapters will enrage people who oppose the war and worry supporters. It is clear that the Iraqis need reconstruction help, but there needs to be more accountability.

    T. Christian Miller is the kind of investigative reporter who promises to walk in the shoes of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. His tireless efforts and thorough sourcing are to be highly commended, as it takes a brave person to speak up against the powerful people he takes on in this book.

    Future journalism--and ethics--classes will do well to add this sad chapter to their lessons.

    Reviewed by Christina Wantz Fixemer

    9/3/2006
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  • Rishu Bajaj
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mind broadening… Universe opening
    Reviewed in India on December 10, 2022
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    Beautifully written with the chronological sequence maintained to the perfection. Great read to understand corporate greed
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  • Derek Carney
    5.0 out of 5 stars An astonishing book.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2013
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    An astonishing book: immaculately researched and sourced. I could not put this book down even though I have read lots of books in this genre. I would certainly read any book that was written by T Christian Miller again.
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