The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil and Money |  | Author: Dan Briody
Publisher: Wiley
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Pages: 290
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0471638609
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.76223380973
EAN: 9780471638605
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Publication Date: May 3, 2004
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Despite their shared preference for keeping a low profile, Vice President Dick Cheney and Halliburton, his former employer, gained notoriety in the aftermath of the war in Iraq thanks to a series of lucrative government contracts awarded to Halliburton, for which they never had to bid. Business journalist Dan Briody sheds light on the history of the company and demonstrates how its present-day relationship with influential politicians is not anomalous but part of a time-honored yet ethically suspect tradition of doing business. Briody introduces Erle Halliburton, who was born into poverty but found great financial success with innovative oil well technology. And while Halliburton avoided getting close to elected officials or pursuing government contracts, the Brown brothers of Texas-based Brown & Root made the nurturing of "pet politicians" a top priority as they grew their construction business into one of the most powerful in the nation. The Halliburton Agenda details the mutually beneficial relationship the Browns shared with an up and coming Lyndon Johnson as money and influence flowed freely between the two. Halliburton acquired Brown & Root in 1962 and with it, Briody contends, plenty of questionable business practices that continue to this day. Dick Cheney looms ominously on the book's cover but he doesn't appear much in the book until fairly late in the Halliburton story. Still, because Cheney's early-1990s' appointment to the job of CEO (after no private sector experience) and departure to be Vice President in 2000 coincided with an upsurge in Halliburton revenues and controversies, there's plenty of material to examine. While many have questioned what sway corporations have in the George W. Bush administration, Briody's extended look at Halliburton's corporate culture and history provides enlightening perspective. --John Moe
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"Having been a lifelong public servant with no business experience, Cheney was hired by Halliburton in 1995 because of his understanding of the nation's political tendencies and his extensive contacts both on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon. And he delivered on that expectation. . . . [Halliburton] is the embodiment of the Iron Triangle, the nexus of the government, military, and big business that President Eisenhower warned America about in his farewell speech. . . . Halliburton has transcended its existence as an unromantic provider of oil-well cementing and Army logistics support to become a political chess piece in a match that won't be decided until November 2004."
--From the Prologue
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 Digs deep! May 17, 2004
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Briody has done an excellent job of proving a full accounting of Halliburton and it's subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root, to uncover the dark side of capitalism and democracy -- where there is no competition and all the benefits of democracy accrue to one company. That the public, politicians, and even the Pentagon haven't seen the dangers here is baffling. Hopefully this book will help open more eyes.
An Unholy Trinity Revealed May 18, 2004
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Who could believe the clandestine relationships betweeen big business, politics and the armed forces could exists to this degree outside of a Tom Clancy novel, but Briody reveals through careful research that indeed it does. This book was a real eye opener!
Well Researched and Very Informative May 19, 2004
ann witt (NY, NY)
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
Dan Briody has done his research. He provides a thorough and thought-provoking account of Halliburton and its subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root. Briody takes us from Halliburton's earliest historical context to its current influence. If you want to be educated on the influence of business on politics, this is a must read.
Texas Politics--Money and Power October 16, 2005
Jeremy Rich (St. Louis, MO USA)
"The Halliburton Agenda" is much more than a book about an enormously powerful contemporary company. This book presents the story of Kellogg, Brown & Root (now an important subsidiary of Halliburton) set in the rough and raw world of Texas politics where money breeds arrogance, power and corruption. The takeover of that firm by Halliburton, a historically different kind of company, explains how Halliburton gained the expertise to exploit political connections and become the influential epitome of "access capitalism."
This is political science, industrial history and the history of the nation wrapped in one excellently written work. It grabs your interest, wraps up loose ends of history, and expands your national perspective.
Thank you, Mr. Briody May 22, 2004
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
Thanks are needed to Dan Briody for writing this insightful, compelling, and truthful tale about the long and fascinating history of Halliburton. Voters need to read this book before the election in November. It is a moral imperative.
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