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Banking on Baghdad : inside Iraq's 7,000-year history of war, profit, and conflict
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Title
Banking on Baghdad : inside Iraq's 7,000-year history of war, profit, and conflict / Edwin Black.
ISBN
047167186X
Published
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2004.
Physical Description
xxi, 471 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining papers.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 24, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-450) and index.
Contents
From cradle to crossroads
Have a nice day
The cradle of commerce
Robbing the cradle
The three Ottoman provinces
The sick man
Fumes
Oil
The race to monopolize
Mr. Five Percent
Fuel and fuse
War and petropolitics
Invasion
The proclamation
Chaos and conquest
The undeclared country
Jihad against Britain
The red line
The continuing conflict
The Nazi intersection
The price of prejudice
The three gulfs.
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