The man who pushed America to war : the extraordinary life, adventures, and obsessions of Ahmed Chalabi / Aram Roston.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-360) and index.

1. Golden Age, 1944-1958 -- 2. Chalabi in America, 1962-1968 -- 3. Beirut, 1971-1977 -- 4. Petra Bank, 1977 -- 5. Iran and Shiism, 1978-1988 -- 6. Business with Saddam, 1980-1989 -- 7. The Collapse of the Chalabi Empire, 1989-1990 -- 8. The Fall of Ahmad Chalabi, 1989 -- 9. Desert Storm, 1990-1991 -- 10. Recruitment, 1991 -- 11. Going After Jordan, 1992 -- 12. The Founding of the Iraqi National Congress: Audit by Burglary and Little Coffins, 1991-1992 -- 13. IBC Communications: The Funding, 1992 -- 14. Conviction, 1992 -- 15. Guerrilla Warrior, 1993-1995 -- 16. Victory in Hong Kong, 1995 -- 17. Tossed Out in the Cold, 1996 -- 18. Rising Again: Ahmad Chalabi's Allies, 1997 -- 19. Wooing the Neocons, 1997-1998 -- 20. Frozen Assets and the Iraq Trust -- 21. Forming INDICT -- 22. Ahmad Chalabi's Law, 1998 -- 23. The Money Returns -- 24. BKSH: Representing Chalabi -- 25. The Uses of September 11, 2001 -- 26. September 11-A New Direction -- 27. Saddam's Airline Hijacking School -- 28. The Case of the Underground Wells -- 29. David Rose, 2001-2003 -- 30. The Man Who Invented the Mobile Labs, March 2002 -- 31. Saddam's Mistress, September 2002 -- 32. The Run-up to War, Summer 2002-Winter 2003 -- 33. The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, Autumn 2002 -- 34. The Free Iraqi Forces and the End of the Iraq Liberation Act, Summer 2003-Winter 2003 -- 35. The Birth of De-Baathification, Summer 2002 -- 36. There Is Oil in Iraq -- 37. Getting Ready, Winter 2003 -- 38. Entering Iraq, April 2003 -- 39. The Dossiers, 2003 -- 40. An Armored Truck and $250 Million, April 2003 -- 41. De-Baathification, Part II, 2003-2004 -- 42. Chalabi vs. Bremer, May 2003-April 2004 -- 43. The UN Gets a Warning, Summer 2003 -- 44. The State of the Union, January 2004 -- 45. BKSH at War, 2003-2004 -- 46. Banking in Iraq, Summer-Fall 2003 -- 47. Chalabi Under Seige, May 2003 -- 48. The Iran Connection -- 49. Weapons of Mass Destruction -- 50. Almost at the Top -- 51. Inside Deal, 2005 -- 52. The Vote, 2005-2006 -- 53. The Rescue of the Journalist, 2005.