Currency wars
Subtitle: how forged money is the new weapon of mass destruction
By: John Cooley.
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781602392700
Subjects: Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- Political aspects; Political stability -- Economic aspects
Table of contents: title: Royal charm, smoking dragon; title: Middle east dimensions; title: Eastern forgers, western helpers; title: The ancient black art of money forgery; title: Benjamin Franklin vs. King George: America's financial birth pangs; title: Soft vs. hard money: revolution and consequences; title: Drivin' old Dixie down: the American Civil War and the greenback's birth; title: Britain's goal: undermine the Kaiser's economy; title: Forgers, fraudsters, and fascists: the Weimar years; title: Portugal: clever crook helps empower durable dictator; title: Stalin's dollars: biting the hand that feeds you; title: Hitler's counterfeit campaign: the lessons of World War II; title: Covert action vs. stabilization: from Vietnam to Iraq.