Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

John Perkins

250 pages, parution le 12/04/2005

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In his controversial book, John Perkins tells the gripping tale of the years he spent working for an international consulting firm where his job was to convince underdeveloped countries to accept enormous loans, much bigger than they really needed, for infrastructure development--and to make sure that the development projects were contracted to U. S. multinationals. Once these countries were saddled with huge debts, the American government and the international aid agencies allied with it were able, by dictating repayment terms, to essentially control their economies. It was not unlike the way a loan shark operates--and Perkins and his colleagues didn't shun this kind of unsavory association. They referred to themselves as "economic hit men."

This is a story of international political intrigue at the highest levels. For over a decade Perkins traveled all over the world--Indonesia, Panama, Ecuador, Columbia, Saudi Arabia, Iran--and worked with men like Panamanian president Omar Torrijos, who became a personal friend. He helped implement a secret scheme that funneled billions of Saudi petrodollars back into the U. S. economy, and that further cemented the intimate relationship between the Islamic fundamentalist House of Saud and a succession of American administrations. Perkins' story illuminates just how far economic hit men were willing to go, and unveils the real causes of some of the most dramatic developments in recent history, such as the fall of the Shah of Iran and the invasions of Panama and Iraq. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which many people urged Perkins not to write, is a blistering attack on a little-known phenomenon that has had dire consequences for both the lesser-developed countries and for American democracy.

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Sommaire

PART I: 1963-71
- 1: An Economic Hit Man Is Born
- 2: "In for Life"
- 3: Indonesia: Lessons for an EHM
- 4: Saving a Country from Communism
- 5:Selling My Soul
PART II: 1972-74
- 6: My Role as Inquisitor
- 7: Civilization on Trial
- 8: Jesus - Seen Differently
- 9: Opportunity of a Lifetime
- 10: Panama: the President and Hero
- 11: Pirates in the Canal Zone
- 12: Soldiers and Prostitutes
- 13: Conversations with the General
- 14: Meeting the Novelist Graham Greene
PART III: 1974 - 81
- 15: Entering a New and Sinister Period in Economic History
- 16: The Saudi Arabian Money-laundering Affair
- 17: Financing Osama Bin Laden
- 18 : Panama Canal Treaty Negotiations
- 19: Iran's King of Kings
- 20: Confessions of a Tortured Man
- 21: The Fall of a King
- 22: Colombia: Keystone to Latin America
- 23: American Democracy Vs. Global Empire
- 24: Ecuador's President Battles Big Oil
- 25: I Quit
Part IV: 1982 - Present
- 26: Ecuador: Presidential death - CIA Assassination?
- 27: Panama: Another Presidential death - CIA Assassination?
- 28: My Own Energy Company, Enron, and G. W. Bush
- 29: A New Breed of EHM
- 30: U.S. Invades Panama
- 31: Venezuela: Another EHM Failure
- 32: Ecuador Revisited

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Berrett-Koehler
Auteur(s)	John Perkins
Parution	12/04/2005
Nb. de pages	250
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	580g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9781576753019