Chokepoints: American power in the age of economic warfare

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Fishman, Edward (Foreign policy expert)

Fishman, Edward

Adult Non-Fiction

Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction

"The epic story of how America turned the world economy into a weapon, upending decades of globalization to take on a new authoritarian axis-Russia, China, and Iran. 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 State Department sanctions official, takes us deep into the back rooms of power to reveal the untold history of the last two decades of U.S. foreign policy, in which America renounced the gospel of globalization and waged a new kind of economic war. 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, exploiting America's dominance in global finance and technology. Successive U.S. presidents have relied on these unconventional weapons to address the most pressing national-security threats, for good and for ill. Chokepoints provides a thrilling account of one of the most critical geopolitical developments of our time, demystifying the complex strategies the U.S. government uses to harness the power of Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Big Oil against America's enemies. At the center of the narrative is an eclectic group of policy innovators: the diplomats, lawyers, and financial whizzes who've masterminded America's escalating economic wars against Russia, China, and Iran. Economic warfare has become the primary way the United States confronts international crises and counters rivals. Sometimes it has achieved spectacular success; other times, bitter failure. The result we live with today 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 this new, hard-hitting style of economic war-and how it's changing the world"--

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Non Fiction

Non Fiction

337.73 FISHM

Six Months
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Wake County Public Libraries

Cary Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
Oberlin Regional

9780593712979

2025

Portfolio/Penguin

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International economic relations -- History -- 21st century
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- History -- 21st century

Chokepoints : American power in the age of economic warfare

Chokepoints : American power in the age of economic warfare / Edward Fishman

Chokepoints

American power in the age of economic warfare

Foreign economic relations
History
International economic relations