The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict | 
 enlarge | Authors: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Linda J. Bilmes
Publisher: W. W. Norton
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Pages: 336
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ISBN: 0393334171
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.704431
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Publication Date: September 22, 2008
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"This is a catalog [of costs] the Bush team never looked at. It's a catalog that they still don't want you to see."—James Galbraith
America has already spent close to a trillion dollars on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but there are hundreds of billions of bills still due—including staggering costs to take care of the thousands of injured veterans, providing them with disability benefits and health care. In this sobering study, Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard University's Linda J. Bilmes reveal a wide range of costs that have been hidden from U.S. taxpayers and left out of the debate about our involvement in Iraq. That involvement, the authors conservatively estimate, will cost us more than $3 trillion.
"Stiglitz and Bilmes have clearly demonstrated the need for Congress and the administration to ensure that those making sacrifices today will see those sacrifices honored in the future."—Dave W. Gorman, executive director, Disabled American Veterans
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 3 Trillion Dollar War October 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book was originally shipped in a timely manner, yet it did not make it to me; I talked to a customer service rep who was happy to ship it to me via UPS. I am impressed with that; the product itself was in good condition and arrived quickly after I contacted customer service about the missing item.
A very important work, generally convincing October 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found the authors' cost accounting of the war convincing in everything except the war's supposed link to the rise in global oil prices. They fail to give any explanation of why the war should contribute significantly to the rise. But this failure does not detract from the power of the overall argument. If every US household had received an accurate monthly bill for this war from the start, support for it would have evaporated long ago.
Needs a Revision October 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book opened my eyes as to the business of this current war. However; given what has transpired with the global economy in just the past couple of weeks, I would like to see a revised, updated book that accounts for what influence, if any, the war with Iraq has played with the most current events.
A must read September 30, 2008
Great detailed analysis of the comprehensive cost of this war. 3 trillion is still conservative.
$3 trillion would have been cheap July 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book puts forth a lot of numbers and tries to put a price on certain things that should not have to have a price on it: such as the price of a human life. But it needs to happen because obviously this country does not value the lives of its soldiers.
This book backs up the sentiment that veterans feel, that their life, sacrifices and the sacrifices of their family are for not. Stieglitz shows how our disabled veterans even if paid at the maximum rate, will not be compensated fully for the cost of their medical treatments even when the payments last a lifetime. This is not including the loss in their potential earnings because of their loss in productivity. Stieglitz goes even farther and shows how the loss of productivity to family members is not accounted for, because they have to take time off of work or even quit working to take care of their veteran.
This work is a must read for everyone. It is a wake up call to all Americans, this war is going to cost us, but the cost should not be passed onto our veterans. Everyone that reads this book should at the very least call their representative and demand that they step up and take care of our veterans.
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