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Mass counterfeiting is not just organized crime, it can also be aggressive economic warfare waged by states to destabilize enemy governments. This title demonstrates that the machinations of states echo the attempts in antiquity by Persia, Greece, Rome and China to use and defend against forgery and currency debasement.
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"'Cooley has been right so often he has few equals... This book is typically Cooley: much needed and brilliant.' John Pilger 'The definitive account.' The Guardian 'This provocative book certainly will provide insight into many events in the Middle East for the general reader.' Library Journal 'Cooley's important and timely book... asks salient questions and draws on an impressive body of sources.' Los Angeles Times"
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The world’s quietest weapon of mass destruction is 75% cotton, 25 % linen... and 100 % fake
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- PublisherConstable
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 184529369X
- ISBN 13 9781845293697
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages320
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Currency Wars Forging Money to Break Economies
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Constable, 2008
ISBN 10: 184529369X
ISBN 13: 9781845293697
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Seller: Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Not price clipped, no inscriptions. Slight rubbing to edges of wrapper but no creasing, tears or fading. Excellent condition internally with hardly any wear. Heavy item which will require additional postage outside the UK. Seller Inventory # 29122
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Currency Wars : Forging Money to Break Economies
Published by
Little, Brown Book Group Limited, 2008
ISBN 10: 184529369X
ISBN 13: 9781845293697
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Hardcover
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # GRP84289295
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CURRENCY WARS : Forging Money to Break Economies
Published by
Constable and Company, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 184529369X
ISBN 13: 9781845293697
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Mass counterfeiting is not just organized crime, it can also be aggressive economic warfare waged by states to destabilize enemy governments - and it is reaching epidemic proportions. Forgery also provides cash for states like North Korea and Iran in their pursuit of weapons - a fact publicly unremarked, even as fears grow over nuclear ambitions. John Cooley brings the true state of affairs to light in this compelling, accessible account. With a sound grounding in current events and history alike, Cooley demonstrates that the machinations of today's states echo the attempts in antiquity by Persia, Greece, Rome and China to use and defend against forgery and currency debasement. Counterfeiting remained a high crime throughout medieval and Renaissance Europe, played a key role in the American and French Revolutions, the Napoleonic era and the American Civil War and was used by the British, Germans and Soviets in two world wars.Bad money mixed with post-war dictatorships: the KGB, CIA and Stasi; the IRA; Hezbollah; the Medellin cartels and the Chinese Triads. Grand-scale forgery has corrosive implications for global economic, political and social stability. The world's quietest weapon of mass destruction, currency, is 75 per cent cotton, 25 per cent linen .and 100 per cent fake. Ref ZZZ 1. Seller Inventory # 033491
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