The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad ChalabiThis is the true story of Ahmad Chalabi, fraudster, statesman, banker, math whiz and aesthete, whose legendary charisma and charm -- and almost hypnotic powers of persuasion - helped propel the United States to war in Iraq. This extraordinary investigative biography - written by an Emmy Award-winning journalist who works for NBC's Investigative Unit -- exposes massive white-collar mischief, sophisticated international espionage operations, and political intrigue spanning the globe from Tehran to Texas. Chalabi was a shrewd Iraqi Arab from a family of Shiite bankers. Aram Roston tracked down forgotten Chalabi business partners and friends and dug through the records from courthouses around the world. The book reveals how this convicted felon, fugitive from justice in Jordan, and ally of the Iranian government managed to charm and influence the top leaders of the United States, including US senators like John McCain. The book has the inside story of Chalabi's pre-war propaganda operations the exclusive details of Chalabi's financial dealings and political access. |
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Contents
Beirut 19711977 | |
Petra Bank 1977 | |
Iran and Shiism 19781988 | |
Business with Saddam 19801989 | |
September 11A New Direction | |
Saddams Airline Hijacking School | |
The Case of the Underground Wells | |
David Rose 20012003 | |
The Man Who Invented the Mobile Labs March 2002 | |
Saddams Mistress September 2002 | |
The Runup to War Summer 2002Winter 2003 | |
The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq Autumn 2002 | |
The Collapse of the Chalabi Empire 19891990 | |
The Fall of Ahmad Chalabi 1989 | |
PART II | |
Desert Storm 19901991 | |
Recruitment 1991 | |
Going After Jordan 1992 | |
Audit by Burglary | |
The Funding 1992 | |
Conviction 1992 | |
Guerrilla Warrior 19931995 | |
Victory in Hong Kong 1995 | |
Tossed Out in the Cold 1996 | |
PART III | |
Ahmad Chalabis Allies 1997 | |
Wooing the Neocons 19971998 | |
Frozen Assets and the Iraq Trust | |
Forming INDICT | |
Ahmad Chalabis Law 1998 | |
The Money Returns | |
Representing Chalabi | |
PART IV | |
The Uses of September 11 2001 | |
The Free Iraqi Forces and the End of the Iraq Liberation | |
The Birth of DeBaathification Summer 2002 | |
There Is Oil in Iraq | |
Getting Ready Winter 2003 | |
Entering Iraq April 2003 | |
The Dossiers 2003 | |
An Armored Truck and 250 Million April 2003 | |
DeBaathification Part II 20032004 | |
Chalabi vs Bremer May 2003April 2004 | |
The UN Gets a Warning Summer 2003 | |
The State of the Union January 2004 | |
BKSH at War 20032004 | |
Banking in Iraq SummerFall 2003 | |
Chalabi Under Siege May 2003 | |
The Iran Connection | |
Weapons of Mass Destruction | |
Almost at the | |
Inside Deal 2005 | |
The Vote 20052006 | |
The Rescue of the Journalist 2005 | |
Epilogue | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi |
| Author | Aram Roston |
| Publisher | PublicAffairs, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0786744294, 9780786744299 |
| Length | 400 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Modern / General |
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