The Death Lobby: How the West Armed Iraq

Publication history

Published in the U.S. by Houghton Mifflin in 1991, The Death Lobby subsequently appeared as a Bantom paperback in Britain in 1992, and was published in French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, and Farsi..

While some of those foreign language editions may still be in print, the book is also available on back order from Amazon.com . You need to select the Books channel, then enter my name.

I have made available certain excerpts on this site. For information on how to contact the various publishers, click here.s

The book was well-received, and is still considered the "Bible" on Iraq's arms industry by many experts. But don't take my word for it. Read what the critics say.

The Death Lobby Contents

(Note: Click on underlined chapters for excerpts available on this site)

Map of Iraqi Weapons Plants

• Prologue: Chirac and Saddam
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Search is On
• Chapter 2: Saddam's French Lover
• Chapter 3: Bonanza in the Gulf
• Chapter 4: Saddam Takes the Helm
• Chapter 5: The Tilt Begins
• Chapter 6: The Road to Osirak
• Chapter 7: Secrets of Samarra
• Chapter 8: Countering the Ayatollah
• Chapter 9: The Condor Takes Off
• Chapter 10: Corporate High Jinks
• Chapter 11: Captains of Industry
• Chapter 12: The DoC Missile Caper
• Chapter 13: BNL Builds the War Machine
• Chapter 14: The Missiles Begin to Fly
• Chapter 15: The Race for Armageddon
• Chapter 16: The Gang's All Here (The now-famous 1989 Baghdad arms show)
• Chapter 17: An Explosion at al-Hillah
• Chapter 18: Pride Before the Fall
• Epilogue: How to Prevent Another Iraq

How to contact the publishers to obtain copies

British paperback edition published by Bantom Books, December 1992

(Note: This is the only English-language edition still in print)

Bantam Books

61-63 Uxbridge Road

London W5 5SA

Tel: 44 181 579-2652. Fax: 44 181 579-5479

Original U.S. edition published November 1991 by:

Houghton Mifflin

215 Park Avenue South

New York, NY

Tel: 212 420-5800. Fax: 212 420-5850.

For book orders: 1800 225-3362.

British edition published in hardback in January 1992 by:

Fourth Estate

289 Westbourne Grove

London W11 2QA

Tel: 44-171 727-8993. Fax: 44-171 792-3176

French edition published in November 1991 by:

Editions Calmann Levy

3, rue Auber

Paris 75009 - France

Tel: 33-1-47 42 38 33 Fax: 33-1-47 42 77 81

Title: Le Lobby de la Mort

Dutch edition published in December 1991 by:

Tirion

Baarn, Netherlands

Title: Der Judaskus

Portuguese edition published in March 1992 by:

Editora Objectiva

Sao Paolo, Brazil

Title: O Lobby da Morte

Danish edition published in July 1992 by:

Vinten

Copenhagen, Denmark

Title: Dodens Spekulanter

Farsi version published in 1994 by

Dessa Books

Sendoog Pastee

Tehran - 15785-5919 - Iran

Tel: 7744744 or 7744745. Fax: 7734745

Title: Soodahgar-e Marg.

This appears to be a bootlegged version.

What the Critics say

• "A devastating and persuasive indictment of Governmental stupidity, bureaucratic incompetence and corporate greed that enabled the Iraqi war machine to become the monster we had to face in the fall of 1990."

- Frederick Forsyth, author of The Fist of God, Day of the Jackal, etc.

• "The pages of this book are filled with carefully researched information about how greed for profits leads companies to support an unscrupulous dictator by readily supplying him with the means of slaughtering defenseless people."

- Simon Wiesenthal

• "well-documented and thoroughly readable... The Death Lobby describes a global arms supply system that is almost completely out of control."

- The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

• "This strongly documented book is essential reading... For an understanding of the Gulf war and the enemy's powerful arsenal, The Death Lobby is in a class by itself."

- The New York Times

• "He names names - scores of major corporations that provided components or expertise... This book has refocused our attention."

- Wall Street Journal