War on Terror, Inc. - Corporate Profiteering From the Politics of Fear

Zusatztext “Solomon Hughes digs deeps to come up with the nasty facts the Powers That Be wish to remain burried. A true investigative reporter with X-ray vision.”—Greg Palast “Solomon Hughes! in various disguises! has been a consistent fact-excavator and truth-teller. This book is his tour de force.”—John Pilger Informationen zum Autor Solomon Hughes is a freelance investigative reporter who has written for the Observer, Guardian and Independent and In These Times . His work also appears regularly in Private Eye magazine. Klappentext The so-called War on Terror has created a global bonanza for the world of commercial military suppliers. Who is behind companies that reap the dividend of war? How close are they to our political decision-makers? This work catalogues the record of private contractors doing our governments' dirtiest work. Zusammenfassung The so-called War on Terror has created a global bonanza for the world of commercial military suppliers. Who is behind companies that reap the dividend of war? How close are they to our political decision-makers? This work catalogues the record of private contractors doing our governments' dirtiest work.

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Solomon Hughes digs deeps to come up with the nasty facts the Powers That Be wish to remain burried. A true investigative reporter with X-ray vision. Greg Palast

Product details

• Authors: Solomon Hughes, Hughes Solomon
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.02.2008
• EAN: 9781844671236
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-123-6
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Political corruption, Public finance, Industry & industrial studies, Corruption in politics, government and society, Public finance and taxation, Industry and industrial studies