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The new confessions of an economic hit man / John Perkins.
- Title
- The new confessions of an economic hit man / John Perkins.
- Author
- Perkins, John, 1945-
- Publication
- Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2016]
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 366 pages; 22 cm
- 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.
- Series Statement
- BK currents book
- Uniform Title
- Confessions of an economic hit man
- BK currents book
- Alternative Title
- Confessions of an economic hit man
- Subjects
- Imperialism
- Energy consultants
- Economists
- Intelligence officers
- Biographies
- History
- 1900 - 2099
- Developing countries
- Corporations, American > Corrupt practices
- World Bank
- Chas. T. Main, Inc
- Perkins, John, 1945-
- Imperialism > History > 21st century
- Imperialism > History > 20th century
- World Bank Developing countries
- Energy consultants > United States > Biography
- Economists > United States > Biography
- United States > National Security Agency > Biography
- Intelligence officers > United States > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 343-353) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781626566743 (paperback : acid-free paper)
- 1626566747 (paperback : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2015036436
- OCLC
- 928888768
- SCSB-12016800
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library