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Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
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General Political ScienceInternational Relations
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ISBN10: 0593712978
ISBN13: 9780593712979
Publisher: Portfolio
Published: Feb 25 2025
Pages: 560
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.97 Width: 6.47 Depth: 9.49
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780593712979
Publisher: Portfolio
Published: Feb 25 2025
Pages: 560
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.97 Width: 6.47 Depth: 9.49
Language: English
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The epic story of how America turned the world economy into a weapon, upending decades of globalization to confront a new authoritarian axis--Russia, China, and Iran. Deftly written, Chokepoints is a compelling and dramatic narrative about the new shape of geopolitics.
-- Daniel Yergin, The Wall Street Journal A timely, riveting world tour...[An] absorbing book.
-- The Economist Remarkable...One of the most important books on economic warfare ever written.
-- Paul Kennedy, author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Selected as a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Financial Times, Bloomberg, and NPR - Finalist for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award It used to be that ravaging another country's economy required blockading its ports and laying siege to its cities. Now all it takes is a statement posted online by the U.S. government. In Chokepoints, Edward Fishman, a former top American sanctions official, takes us deep into the back rooms of power to reveal the untold history of the past two decades of U.S. foreign policy. As Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Ayatollah Khamenei wreaked havoc on the world stage, mavericks within the U.S. government built a fearsome new arsenal of economic weapons. Successive U.S. presidents have relied on these weapons to address the most pressing national security threats--for good and for ill. Chokepoints provides a thrilling account of one of the most transformative developments of our time, demystifying how the U.S. government harnesses the power of Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Big Oil against America's enemies. At the center of the narrative are the trailblazing diplomats, lawyers, and financial whizzes who have masterminded America's escalating economic wars against Russia, China, and Iran. Control over economic chokepoints--such as the U.S. dollar, advanced microchip technology, and critical minerals--has become the key to geopolitical power in the twenty-first century. The result is a new world order: an economic arms race among great powers and a fracturing global economy. Chokepoints is the definitive account of how America pioneered a new, hard-hitting style of economic warfare--and how it's changing the world.
-- The Economist Remarkable...One of the most important books on economic warfare ever written.
-- Paul Kennedy, author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Selected as a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Financial Times, Bloomberg, and NPR - Finalist for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award It used to be that ravaging another country's economy required blockading its ports and laying siege to its cities. Now all it takes is a statement posted online by the U.S. government. In Chokepoints, Edward Fishman, a former top American sanctions official, takes us deep into the back rooms of power to reveal the untold history of the past two decades of U.S. foreign policy. As Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Ayatollah Khamenei wreaked havoc on the world stage, mavericks within the U.S. government built a fearsome new arsenal of economic weapons. Successive U.S. presidents have relied on these weapons to address the most pressing national security threats--for good and for ill. Chokepoints provides a thrilling account of one of the most transformative developments of our time, demystifying how the U.S. government harnesses the power of Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Big Oil against America's enemies. At the center of the narrative are the trailblazing diplomats, lawyers, and financial whizzes who have masterminded America's escalating economic wars against Russia, China, and Iran. Control over economic chokepoints--such as the U.S. dollar, advanced microchip technology, and critical minerals--has become the key to geopolitical power in the twenty-first century. The result is a new world order: an economic arms race among great powers and a fracturing global economy. Chokepoints is the definitive account of how America pioneered a new, hard-hitting style of economic warfare--and how it's changing the world.
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