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"This is a catalog [of costs] the Bush team never looked at. It's a catalog that they still don't want you to see."—James Galbraith
America has already spent close to a trillion dollars on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but there are hundreds of billions of bills still due—including staggering costs to take care of the thousands of injured veterans, providing them with disability benefits and health care. In this sobering study, Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard University's Linda J. Bilmes reveal a wide range of costs that have been hidden from U.S. taxpayers and left out of the debate about our involvement in Iraq. That involvement, the authors conservatively estimate, will cost us more than $3 trillion.
"Stiglitz and Bilmes have clearly demonstrated the need for Congress and the administration to ensure that those making sacrifices today will see those sacrifices honored in the future."—Dave W. Gorman, executive director, Disabled American Veterans
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Eye opening.
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This book really opened my eye to just how badly the Bush administration and the government in general has handled this war. I am taking the suggested reforms in Chapter 8 to my US congresswoman Ginnie Brown Waite to see if she agrees with the reforms.
Rating: 
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-12-26
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3 Trillion Dollar War
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The book was originally shipped in a timely manner, yet it did not make it to me; I talked to a customer service rep who was happy to ship it to me via UPS. I am impressed with that; the product itself was in good condition and arrived quickly after I contacted customer service about the missing item.
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-10-29
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A very important work, generally convincing
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I found the authors' cost accounting of the war convincing in everything except the war's supposed link to the rise in global oil prices. They fail to give any explanation of why the war should contribute significantly to the rise. But this failure does not detract from the power of the overall argument. If every US household had received an accurate monthly bill for this war from the start, support for it would have evaporated long ago.
Rating: 
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-10-18
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Needs a Revision
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This book opened my eyes as to the business of this current war. However; given what has transpired with the global economy in just the past couple of weeks, I would like to see a revised, updated book that accounts for what influence, if any, the war with Iraq has played with the most current events.
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-10-12
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A must read
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Great detailed analysis of the comprehensive cost of this war. 3 trillion is still conservative.
Rating:
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-09-30
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