The Price of Fear : The Truth Behind the Financial War on Terror
Overview
When the State Department claims to have struck a blow at the heart of the international terrorist finance network, even the most hardened of commentators takes the statement at face value. But as Ibrahim Warde argues in this myth-shattering book, the post-9/11 series of financial crackdowns initiated by the U.S. government has had virtually no impact on terrorism. This is because, as he demonstrates, these actions are based on a fundamental misconception of how terrorism works. Warde shows how operations such as the 9/11 attacks were actually financed, and he brilliantly juxtaposes the reality of shoestring budgets and envelopes of cash against the prevailing fantasy of a buzzing transnational network of seamless electronic transfers.
Copub: I.B.Tauris Books
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780520258150
- ISBN-10: 0520258150
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publish Date: November 2008
- Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.9 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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