Treasury's war
Subtitle: the unleashing of a new era of financial warfare
By: Juan C. Zarate
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9781610394642; 9781610391153
Subjects: International Security; United States; Commercial crimes; National security; United States. Department of the Treasury; Terrorism; Money laundering; Prevention; Finance
Description: How the United States uses economic embargoes and financial tools as weapons against murderous terrorist groups and "rogue states" such as North Korea, Iran and Syria. Zarate, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, is a former federal prosecutor who joined the U.S. Treasury Department after the 9/11 attacks to figure out ways to constrict the financing of terrorist groups. Relying heavily on anecdotes, acronyms and actual case studies, he provides detailed explanations of secretive operations far less publicized than ground wars and drone strikes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-471) and index.