Backstabbing for Beginners: My Crash Course in International DiplomacySoon to be a major motion picture starring Ben Kingsley and Theo James, the gripping true story of a young program coordinator at the United Nations who stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq's oil reserves. "What made this episode in our collective history possible was not so much the lies we told one another, but the lies we told ourselves." A recent Brown University graduate, Michael Soussan was elated when he landed a position as a program coordinator for the United Nations' Iraq Program. Little did he know that he would end up a whistleblower in what PBS NewsHour described as the "largest financial scandal in UN history." Breaking a conspiracy of silence that had prevailed for years, Soussan sparked an unprecedented corruption probe into the Oil-for-Food program that exposed a worldwide system of bribes, kickbacks, and blackmail involving ruthless power-players from around the globe. At the crossroads of pressing humanitarian concerns, crisis diplomacy, and multibillion-dollar business interests, Soussan's story highlights core flaws of our international system and exposes the frightening, corrupting power of the black elixir that fuels our world's economy. |
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Contents
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Cowboys and Bunny Huggers | 38 |
Coffee With Criminals | 48 |
The Great Misunderstanding | 62 |
The Propaganda War | 171 |
Memorandum | 186 |
A New Wind | 188 |
Turf Warriors | 194 |
Exit Strategy | 215 |
Just When I Thought I Was Out | 219 |
The Clash of Civilized Nations | 226 |
Weapons of Mass Distraction | 238 |
From Russia With Love | 68 |
Never Say Kurdistan | 75 |
The Rebels | 86 |
On the Edge | 95 |
PART | 105 |
The Baghdad Diet | 106 |
A Can of Worms | 120 |
The Rules of the Game | 133 |
Conflict Resolution | 148 |
Cigars With Criminals | 155 |
PART THREE | 249 |
There Will Be Blood | 250 |
The Road to Hell | 252 |
Saddams Secret List | 265 |
Boomerang | 284 |
The Man Who Could Have Been a Millionaire | 288 |
Epilogue Back to The Edge | 309 |
INDEX | 319 |
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