Making the World Safe for Capitalism: How Iraq Threatened the US Economic Empire and had to be Destroyed

by Chris Doran

The Iraq war defined the first decade of the twenty-first century – leading to mass protests and raising profound questions about domestic politics and the use of military force. Yet most explanations of the war have a narrow focus either on political personalities or oil.

Christopher Doran provides a unique perspective, arguing that the drive to war came from the threat Iraq might pose to American economic hegemony if the UN sanctions regime was ended. Doran argues that this hegemony is rooted in third world debt and corporate market access. It was protection of these arrangements that motivated US action, not Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction or a simplistic desire to seize its oil.

This book will provide new insights on the war which still casts a shadow over global politics, and will have wide appeal to all those concerned about the Middle East, world peace and global development.

Genres: United States

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Bryan Keyes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite non-fiction books I have ever read.

This is not only a deeply disturbing look into the machinations of neo-liberalism and diplomacy, but a concise and no-holds-bar style attack on the leaders who enabled countless atrocities to occur, all in the name of "capitalism".

This is not about "Bush Jr. getting revenge for daddy" or the typical "because it had oil". It is about Oil, but in a way that most people would never surmise without being an insider or high ranking neo-con politician back from the late nineties or earl 2000s.

I don't want to ruin it... just read it. Its conciseness and profundity of narration has to make this one of the most "cost effective" books I have ever read.

[mila · Rating 4 out of 5]

solid book and a good read. sometimes read a little too pop politics and not properly academic enough to cite in a paper but