National Interest "Zarate's book admirably underscores the dire national-security threat posed by the almost-unfathomable level of our national debt There is much in Zarate's book that enlightens us, and he gets many things right and proposes some innovative ideas. Zarate, a former super sleuth in the U. Zarate's "Treasury's War" is a gripping electronic whodunit in a constantly changing environment where inequalities are widening and where technology is destroying more jobs than it creates This is the first book that lifts the veil of secrecy on the financial power [Zarate's team] marshaled against America's enemies.
Beset by nontraditional enemies and threats, the United States in the Bush administration leveraged America's place in the global financial system to create some important 'asymmetrical power' of its own. As advocate and architect of this new approach, Zarate is well placed to tell the tale of America's most unique precision guided weapon and he does so with detail, candor, and perspective. Senator "For those wanting to know how financial power and influence are wielded in the world, this is the book.
Juan Zarate not only tells a gripping story, but lays out the policy implications and future for the use of this power. This is a must-read about the evolution of financial warfare over the past decade and how it will continue to play a central role in the nation's security. Under Mr. Zarate, and his successors, Treasury quietly built new capabilities that owe less to junk bonds than to James Bond The true value of Zarate's book lies in explaining the difference between traditional sanctions and this new form of financial warfare.
Treasury's War is detailed, interesting, and sincere. Juan C. Prior to that, he served as the deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for combating terrorism, and the first ever assistant secretary of the Treasury for terrorist financing and financial crimes. He and his family live in Alexandria, Virginia. Follow him on Twitter: JCZarate1. Du kanske gillar. Group Decision and Negotiation. Spara som favorit. Skickas inom vardagar. Laddas ned direkt.
Finalist for the William E. Colby AwardFor more than a decade, America has been waging a new kind of war against the financial networks of rogue regimes, proliferators, terrorist groups, and criminal syndicates. Juan Zarate, a chief architect of modern financial warfare and a former senior Treasury and White House official, pulls back the curtain on this shadowy world.
