Irak İşgalinin Perde Arkası

by Research Unit for Political Economy, Buket Dabancalı (Translator), Alaz Pesen (Translator)

"Elinizde gerçekten değerli bir kitap var.

Bu kitapta, ABD'nin Irak'a, Ortadoğu'ya, giderek, bütün dünyaya yönelik hakimiyet saldırısının arkaplanı, bu saldırganlığın temel nedenleri ve dinamikleri anlatılıyor. Kitabı hazırlayan araştırma grubu, tarihsel bağlamı ve uluslararası konjonktürü içinde, sadece ABD'nin dünya hakimiyetine yönelik emperyalist planlarını açığa çıkarmakla kalmıyor, Irak'ın işgaline giden sürecin çok boyutlu bir tablosunu resmediyor. Kitapta, Amerikan saldırganlığının bu ülkeye özgü ekonomik/politik dinamiklerinden kapitalizme özgü yapısal nedenlerine; emperyalistler arası güç ilişkilerinden sömürgeci güdülerin sonuçlarına; uygulamaya konulan yöntemlerden uluslararası tepkilere, pek çok unsur dengeli bir bütünsellikle ele alınıyor."

Genres: History, Politics, Middle East, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

Reviews

[Abe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty in depth considering its length and deftly balances agitation with information a useful combo in the face of one of the worst crimes this century. Some of the predictions, and to be fair they hedge a bit, are a little out there. Funnily enough (unlike the financial crash, which everyone and their mothers, claims to have seen coming) they do manage to predict the auto crisis on grounds that basically correspond the facts on the situation as it happened. I don’t know if they really do a great job connecting the theory of overproduction/monopoly capital to the specific interest in controlling the oil supply but still quality stuff overall.

[Yvonne · Rating 4 out of 5]

a slim book with lots of info. The writing felt sloppy sometimes, but being released in a state of urgency prior to the US invasion of Iraq, that's not surprising. I have a much better understanding now of the strategic interests of the US government in the region, what global economic forces are motivating the military campaign, and the specific theoretical inheritance that's behind the government's patronizing ego trip of a disaster. This book was written before the invasion and a lot of its analysis of what would happen is spot on.

[Naeem · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written by the what in my oil class we came to call the "Bombay Marxists" (Research Unit for Political Economy -- based in Bombay India), this very short, clear, and no-nonsense book, spells out the economic reasons for the US occupation of Iraq. Much of it has to with the possibility that both Iraq under Hussein and Iran were thinking of accepting Euros instead of dollars for their oil.

[Karlo Mikhail · Rating 4 out of 5]

Serves you just what the title says. Not only that. This book is prescient of the many developments in the last decade (intensifying economic crisis and expansion of US war on terror).