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Backstabbing for Beginners
Michael Soussan
其他書名
My Crash Course in International Diplomacy
出版
PublicAffairs
, 2008-11-04
主題
Political Science / Corruption & Misconduct
Biography & Autobiography / Political
History / Wars & Conflicts / Iraq War (2003-2011)
ISBN
0786726946
9780786726943
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=VRAuMFvhEK0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ben Kingsley and Theo James, the gripping true story of a young program coordinator at the United Nations who stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq's oil reserves.
"What made this episode in our collective history possible was not so much the lies we told one another, but the lies we told ourselves."
A recent Brown University graduate, Michael Soussan was elated when he landed a position as a program coordinator for the United Nations' Iraq Program. Little did he know that he would end up a whistleblower in what
PBS NewsHour
described as the "largest financial scandal in UN history."
Breaking a conspiracy of silence that had prevailed for years, Soussan sparked an unprecedented corruption probe into the Oil-for-Food program that exposed a worldwide system of bribes, kickbacks, and blackmail involving ruthless power-players from around the globe.
At the crossroads of pressing humanitarian concerns, crisis diplomacy, and multibillion-dollar business interests, Soussan's story highlights core flaws of our international system and exposes the frightening, corrupting power of the black elixir that fuels our world's economy.