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Halliburton's Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War Paperback – March 23, 2010

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Halliburton’s Army is the first book to show, in shocking detail, how Halliburton really does business, in Iraq, and around the world. From its vital role as the logistical backbone of the U.S. occupation in Iraq—without Halliburton there could be no war or occupation—to its role in covering up gang-rape amongst its personnel in Baghdad, Halliburton’s Army is a devastating bestiary of corporate malfeasance and political cronyism.

Pratap Chatterjee—one of the world’s leading authorities on corporate crime, fraud, and corruption—shows how Halliburton won and then lost its contracts in Iraq, what Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld did for it, and who the company paid off in the U.S. Congress. He brings us inside the Pentagon meetings, where Cheney and Rumsfeld made the decision to send Halliburton to Iraq—as well as many other hot-spots, including Somalia, Yugoslavia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Guantánamo Bay, and, most recently, New Orleans. He travels to Dubai, where Halliburton has recently moved its headquarters, and exposes the company’s freewheeling ways: executives leading the high life, bribes, graft, skimming, offshore subsidiaries, and the whole arsenal of fraud. Finally, Chatterjee reveals the human costs of the privatization of American military affairs, which is sustained almost entirely by low-paid unskilled Third World workers who work in incredibly dangerous conditions without any labor protection.

Halliburton’s Army is a hair-raising exposé of one of the world’s most lethal corporations, essential reading for anyone concerned about the nexus of private companies, government, and war.

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304 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Nation Books
Publication date

March 23, 2010
Grade level

11 and up
Reading age

13 years and up
Dimensions

5.5 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches
ISBN-10

1568584431
ISBN-13

978-1568584430
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About the Author

Pratap Chatterjee is an investigative journalist and producer and the program, director/managing editor of Corpwatch. He is the author of Iraq Inc.: A Profitable Occupation and The Earth Brokers. He hosted a weekly radio show on Berkeley station KPFA, was a global environment editor for InterPress Service, and wrote for the Financial Times, the Guardian, and the Independent of London. He has won five Project Censored awards as well as a Silver Reel from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters for his work in Afghanistan, and the best business story award from the National Newspaper Association (U.S.), among others. He has appeared as a commentator on numerous radio and television shows ranging from BBC World Service, CNN International, Democracy Now!, Fox, and MSNBC. The winner of a Lannan Cultural Freedom Award in 2006, he lives in Oakland, California.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nation Books; Reprint edition (March 23, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1568584431
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1568584430
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 11 and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches

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Lycians

LBJ started it all-He took cash!

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2012

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I first heard about Brown and Root nearly 30 years ago when I took a Texas history course at the University of Texas. The relationship between LBJ and B&R was well known then, long before the Dubya Bush administration, Cheney's CEO time, and the rip-off that no bid and cost-plus contracts cost the government.

The interviews by the author and the congressional hearings were especially insightful and chilling in that people died because of the mis-management of the Halliburgon-KBR people in Iraq. The military officers who were in on the kickbacks and who later worked for HKBR were not unknown to me, however, I was not privy to the details that the author provides. Along with his extensive bibliography, the author makes compelling arguments for shutting these criminals down.

A must read if you want to understand why the US military budget is more than the combined total of the next 15 countries of the world. HKBR is just one example of why. Eisenhower warned the United States about the military-industrial complex, which now seems to rule the government rather than the other way round.

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Jeffrey Roberts

Surprised at some things, appalled at times, but what do you expect?

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2010

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Should I now sell my stock in KBR? While much of what was written doesn't surprise me, I have come to expect big business to cheat and bend the rules to their benefit, but:
If the stories about the way employees are treated is true, this is scary. Lack of medical, put into dangerous situations, Rape alligations, etc...The book was interesting and certainly puts some things into perspective. Much of what companies like this do is very important and valuable, but to what end?

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S Wood

"Don't Worry About Price It's Cost-Plus"

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2012

So was the catchphrase amongst management at that patriotic provider of military services Halliburton and their subsidiary Kellogs, Brown and Root who are the subject of this fine piece of muck-raking journalism by CorpWatch's Pratap Chatterjee.

The first part of Chatterjees "Haliburton's Army" patiently sets the context within which companies such as Halliburton were to become recepients of multi-billion dollar contracts during the Gulf War. The story of the two chief architects of the farming out of military services, Dick and Donald (Cheney and Rumsfeld), is laid before the readers in depressing detail, from their time together around the end of the Nixon administration on through the Ford administration to the period when they were vice-president and defence secretary in the Bush II administration. In between times Donald uses his government experience and a complete lack of scruples to push forward the agendas of private companies he works for, with occasional work for the Regan administration including cosying up with Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Dick runs for public office and has a political career that includes being Bush I's defence secretary, where his influential review sets the scene for contracting out military services, before going on to lead Halliburton for several years. There is also a review of the contracting out policies and experiences of the US military from World War Two onwards including Vietnam, the 1990-91 Gulf War onto the Balkans where the process really begins to take off.

The scene is now set for the crimes and misdemeanours to come, and come they do, by the tanker load. Overcharges for services provided and unprovided, massive price gouging on imported fuel, exploitation of third world nationals as well as their American who are variously uninsured, low waged and unpaid, lied to and expendable. Whistleblowers are not only harrassed out of Halliburton, but cast out of the military, all under the approving eye of the Bush II administration. While Chatterjee's focus is on Halliburton, he does range wider to look into the exploits of Halliburtons sub-contractors and "competitors".

This is a fine expose of an unscrupulous company in a mercanary business, sheltering under the umbrella of a corrupt and brutal administration during a scoundrel time. And though the Iraq fiasco has been consigned to the dust bin of history the lessons of this book are no doubt pertinent to current events in Afghanistan and god knows where else in the future.

Other books worth reading that cover similar territory would include T.Christian Millers Blood Money , and Jeremy Scahills Blackwater which looks at the even more disturbing world of privatised soldiers in Iraq.

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2010

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I was always curious about who and what Halliburton really is and how they were able to secure as many government contracts as they did. This book thoroughly answers these questions. As always, read with the knowledge that the author has a point of view. This is not to say that he is not accurate or at least reporting the facts as he knows them. Just keep an open mind.

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Joe H Steiner

Even worse than I imagined

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2015

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Even worse than I imagined......Halliburton, that is. But then, that's what greedy guys do, right? However, their expertise in doing what they do is unbeatable. Yes, money talks.......some things never change.

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2014

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The author provides good material and content. The author's writing is eloquent yet understandable. The author supplies an in-depth analysis of various aspects of Halliburton’s operation.

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Richard Pelling

The truth on Iraq

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 29, 2011

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A disturbing and terrifying review of the American military machine and its supporrt services in action in the middle east and again like the films The Green Zone & The Hurt Locker shine a light into the murky world of politics, its motives and deceptions

さばとらみーちゃん

アメリカ流合理主義の実態

Reviewed in Japan on May 4, 2009

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アメリカにおける政官（軍）財癒着の告発本である。アメリカ国民（納税者）向けに書かれているので、他国民にとっては多少ツボがはずれている感は否めないが、自分たちにとって都合がよければそれが合理的であるというアメリカ特有の考え方のよい（？）例を見ることができる。

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S Wood

"Don't Worry About Price It's Cost-Plus"

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2012

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So was the catchphrase amongst management at that patriotic provider of military services Halliburton and their subsidiary Kellogs, Brown and Root who are the subject of this fine piece of muck-raking journalism by CorpWatch's Pratap Chatterjee.

The first part of Chatterjees "Haliburton's Army" patiently sets the context within which companies such as Halliburton were to become recepients of multi-billion dollar contracts during the Gulf War. The story of the two chief architects of the farming out of military services, Dick and Donald (Cheney and Rumsfeld), is laid before the readers in depressing detail, from their time together around the end of the Nixon administration on through the Ford administration to the period when they were vice-president and defence secretary in the Bush II administration. In between times Donald uses his government experience and a complete lack of scruples to push forward the agendas of private companies he works for, with occasional work for the Regan administration including cosying up with Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Dick runs for public office and has a political career that includes being Bush I's defence secretary, where his influential review sets the scene for contracting out military services, before going on to lead Halliburton for several years. There is also a review of the contracting out policies and experiences of the US military from World War Two onwards including Vietnam, the 1990-91 Gulf War onto the Balkans where the process really begins to take off.

The scene is now set for the crimes and misdemeanours to come, and come they do, by the tanker load. Overcharges for services provided and unprovided, massive price gouging on imported fuel, exploitation of third world nationals as well as their American who are variously uninsured, low waged and unpaid, lied to and expendable. Whistleblowers are not only harrassed out of Halliburton, but cast out of the military, all under the approving eye of the Bush II administration. While Chatterjee's focus is on Halliburton, he does range wider to look into the exploits of Halliburtons sub-contractors and "competitors".

This is a fine expose of an unscrupulous company in a mercanary business, sheltering under the umbrella of a corrupt and brutal administration during a scoundrel time. And though the Iraq fiasco has been consigned to the dust bin of history the lessons of this book are no doubt pertinent to current events in Afghanistan and god knows where else in the future.

Other books worth reading that cover similar territory would include T.Christian Millers Blood Money , and Jeremy Scahills Blackwater which looks at the even more disturbing world of privatised soldiers in Iraq.

L

An enjoyable lecture

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2017

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Excellent book, very well written and superbly documented. This book shows that reality sometimes can lay beyond fiction.

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