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" The man who pushed America to war : "
Aram Roston.
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BL
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1014595
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b768965
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| Main Entry
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Roston, Aram.
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The man who pushed America to war : : the extraordinary life, adventures, and obsessions of Ahmed Chalabi /\ Aram Roston.
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New York :: Nation Books,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xiv, 369 pages)
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0786744294
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: 1282460285
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: 1568584156
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: 6612460288
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: 9781282460287
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: 9781568584157
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: 9786612460289
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1568583532
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9781568583532
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9781568584157
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-360) and index.
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| Contents
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Prologue; PART I; 1 Golden Age, 1944-1958; 2 Chalabi in America, 1962-1968; 3 Beirut, 1971-1977; 4 Petra Bank, 1977; 5 Iran and Shiism, 1978-1988; 6 Business with Saddam, 1980-1989; 7 The Collapse of the Chalabi Empire, 1989-1990; 8 The Fall of Ahmad Chalabi, 1989; PART II; 9 Desert Storm, 1990-1991; 10 Recruitment, 1991; 11 Going After Jordan, 1992; 12 The Founding of the Iraqi National Congress: Audit by Burglary and Little Coffins, 1991-1992; 13 IBC Communications: The Funding, 1992; 14 Conviction, 1992; 15 Guerrilla Warrior, 1993-1995; 16 Victory in Hong Kong, 1995.
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| Abstract
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From an Emmy award-winning investigative reporter-an explosive biography that tells the untold story of the man most responsible for the war in Iraq.
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Chalabi, Ahmad,1944-2015.
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Chalabi, Ahmad,1944-2015
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Shiites-- Iraq, Biography.
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Statesmen-- Iraq, Biography.
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Politics and government
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Shiites.
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Statesmen.
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Iraq, Politics and government, 1991-2003.
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Iraq.
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| Dewey Classification
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956.7044092
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DS79.66.C45R67 2008eb
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