| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 366 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
A BK currents book |
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BK currents book.
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| Summary |
"Featuring 12 explosive new chapters, this new edition of the New York Times bestseller brings the story of Economic Hit Men up-to-date and, chillingly, home to the U. S.--but it also gives us hope and the tools to fight back"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 343-353) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The new confessions -- Part I. 1963-1971 -- Dirty business -- An economic hit man is born -- "In for life" -- Indonesia : lessons for an EHM -- Saving a country from communism -- Selling my soul -- Part II. 1971-1975 -- My role as inquisitor -- Civilization on trial -- Opportunity of a lifetime -- Panama's president and hero -- Pirates in the Canal Zone -- Soldiers and prostitutes -- Conversations with the general -- Entering a new and sinister period in economic history -- The Saudi Arabian money-laundering affair -- Pimping, and financing Osama bin Laden -- Part III. 1975-1981 -- Panama Canal negotiations and Graham Greene -- Iran's king of kings -- Confessions of a tortured man -- The fall of a king -- Colombia : keystone of Latin America -- American republic versus global empire -- The deceptive résumé -- Ecuador's president battles big oil -- I quit -- Part IV. 1981-2004 -- Ecuador's presidential death -- Panama : another presidential death -- My energy company, Enron, and George W. Bush -- I take a bribe -- The United States invades Panama -- An EHM failure in Iraq -- September 11 and its aftermath for me, personally -- Venezuela : saved by Saddam -- Part V. 2004-today -- Conspiracy : was I poisoned? -- A jackal speaks : the Seychelles conspiracy -- Ecuador rebels -- Honduras : the CIA strikes -- Your friendly banker as EHM -- Vietnam : lessons in a prison -- Istanbul : tools of modern empire -- A coup against Fundacion Pachamama -- Another EHM banking scandal -- Who are today's economic hit men? -- Who are today's jackals? -- Lessons for China -- What you can do -- Things to do -- Documentation of EHM activity from 2004 to 2015 -- John Perkins personal history. |
| Subject |
Perkins, John, 1945-
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Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. National Security Agency -- Biography.
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Economists -- United States -- Biography.
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Energy consultants -- United States -- Biography.
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Chas. T. Main, Inc.
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World Bank -- Developing countries.
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Corporations, American -- Corrupt practices.
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Imperialism -- History -- 20th century.
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Imperialism -- History -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Subject |
Perkins, John, 1945- (OCoLC)fst00507877
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Chas. T. Main, Inc. (OCoLC)fst00567496
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United States. National Security Agency. (OCoLC)fst00529218
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World Bank. (OCoLC)fst00531892
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Corporations, American -- Corrupt practices.
(OCoLC)fst00879975
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Economists. (OCoLC)fst00902277
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Energy consultants. (OCoLC)fst00909985
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Imperialism. (OCoLC)fst00968126
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Intelligence officers. (OCoLC)fst00975843
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Developing countries. (OCoLC)fst01242969
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 2099
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| Added Title |
Confessions of an economic hit man
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| ISBN |
9781626566743 (paperback) (acid-free paper) |
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1626566747 (paperback) (acid-free paper) |
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