The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil and Money
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The author of the bestseller The Iron Triangle untangles a web of political back scratching in one of the world’s most powerful companies Halliburton-
ran a Texas oil-field company Dick Cheney before he became vice president, has courted controversy for the better part of the twentieth century, but only recently has received intense media scrutiny. In Agenda Halliburton, shape Halliburton and its subsidiary companies in the creation of a fascinating story of influence and behind the scenes political maneuvering that has only in momentum over the last decade, culminating in one fire storm of problems as soon as Cheney increased office.
This fascinating book shows readers where Halliburton has done business with and on top of the list so far are Iran, Iraq and Libya. It also shows how this juggernaut of a corporation has engaged in a cycle of profits that begins by selling products and services to potential terrorist states, contracting with the federal government in times of war against the States, then to help rebuild valuable to repair orders these states. It will also show how a Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root, has become an indispensable part of the U.S. military, so that the two are indistinguishable at times.
Halliburton is one of the first American companies that recognize the importance of aligning itself with powerful politicians, strongly contribute to campaigns, then cash in on lucrative government contracts. Engaging and informative, the Halliburton Agenda carefully examined the arc of the success of the company, his use of political affiliation, and the volume of international business. Amazon. com Review
Despite their common preference for keeping a low profile, became Vice-President Dick Cheney and Halliburton, his former employer, known in the aftermath of the war in Iraq thanks to a series of lucrative state contracts to Halliburton, for which they never had to offer. Business journalist Dan Briody examines the history of the company shows how light and not its current relationship with influential politicians anomalous, but rather to make part of a venerable tradition nor ethically suspicious transactions. Briody leads Erle Halliburton, who was born in poverty but found great financial success with innovative technologies, oil well. And to avoid while Halliburton come too close to elected officials or government orders to follow, made the Brown Brothers of Texas-based Brown & Root, the maintenance of the ‘pet politicians, “a top priority, as they grew their construction to one of the most powerful nation in the . The Halliburton Agenda Details of mutually beneficial relations with the Browns a distinguished Lyndon Johnson with money and influence flowed between the two. Halliburton acquired Brown & Root in 1962 and with him plentiful Briody makes questionable business practices that continue to this day. Dick Cheney threatened ominously on the cover, but he does not seem much in the book relatively late in the history of Halliburton. Still, because it will be Cheney in the early 1990s’ appointment as CEO of jobs (the experience of the private sector not) and exit Vice President, fell in 2000 with an upturn in Halliburton’s revenue and controversy, it is to consider any amount of material. While many have questioned what companies have in the George W. Bush prevails, Briody sees the expanded view of corporate culture and history Halliburton enlightening perspective. – John Moe
The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil and Money
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