Download or read book Selling US Wars written by Achin Vanaik and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real reasons for the war In Iraq--"control of all pricing and policies, expansion of US power, establishment of US bases in the strategic Middle East, defense of Israel--"were kept hidden from the American people. Instead, justifications for the illegal war were cloaked in the high-sounding slogans of "fighting the war on terrorism," "keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of rogue states," and finally, "bringing democracy to the Middle East."