| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1963-1971 -- An economic hit man is born -- "In for life" -- Indonesia: lessons for an EHM -- Saving a country from communism -- Selling my soul -- 1971-1975 -- My role as inquisitor -- Civilization on trial -- Jesus, seen differently -- 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 -- 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 -- 1981-present -- 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 -- Ecuador revisited -- Piercing the veneer. |
| Subject |
Perkins, John, 1945-
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United States. National Security Agency -- Biography.
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Chas. T. Main, Inc.
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World Bank -- Developing countries.
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Economists -- United States -- Biography.
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Energy consultants -- United States -- Biography.
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Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
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Corporations, American -- Foreign 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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| ISBN |
1576753018 alkaline paper |
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