Antonia Juhasz, a visiting scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, is the author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time, on which part of this article is based. She is working on a new book that will make the case for the break-up of the largest American oil companies. Learn more at www.TheBushAgenda.net.

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Rex Tillerson Could Be America’s Most Dangerous Secretary of State
The former Exxon Mobil CEO spent his entire adult life working for a company that has left a trail of carnage in its ruthless pursuit of oil.
Antonia Juhasz

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Spoils of War
Oil, the U.S.-Middle East Free Trade Area and the Bush Agenda
Antonia Juhasz
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