Halliburton's Army

From Halliburton's mission as the logistical backbone of the U.S. occupation in Iraq--without it there could be no war or occupation--to its role in covering up sexual abuse among its personnel in Baghdad, "Halliburton's Army" is a devastating expose of corporate malfeasance and political cronyism.Pratap Chatterjee--one of the world's leading authorities on corporate corruption-- brings us inside the Pentagon meetings, where senior officials made the decision to send Halliburton to Iraq, and explains what favors Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld did for the company. He travels to Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and former Yugoslavia to describe firsthand the freewheeling ways of the company and its myriad subcontractors. And he reveals the human costs of the privatization of U.S. military logistics, which is sustained almost entirely by unskilled workers who labor in dangerous conditions for low wages.

"Halliburton's Army" is a sweeping investigation into one of the world's most lethal corporations--and essential reading for anyone concerned about the nexus of private companies, government, and war.