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001 2015036436
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020 $a9781626566743 (paperback : acid-free paper)
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050 00 $aUB271.U52$bP47 2015
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100 1 $aPerkins, John,$d1945-
240 10 $aConfessions of an economic hit man
245 14 $aThe new confessions of an economic hit man /$cJohn Perkins.
263 $a1512
264 1 $aOakland, CA :$bBerrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.,$c2015.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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-present -- 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.
600 10 $aPerkins, John,$d1945-
650 0 $aIntelligence officers$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNational Security Agency$vBiography.
650 0 $aEconomists$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aEnergy consultants$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 20 $aChas. T. Main, Inc.
610 20 $aWorld Bank$zDeveloping countries.
650 0 $aCorporations, American$xCorrupt practices.
650 0 $aImperialism$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aImperialism$xHistory$y21st century.