Super Imperialism: the Origin and Fundamentals of U. S. World Dominance

Name: Super Imperialism: the Origin and Fundamentals of U. S. World Dominance
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ISBN: 9780745319896

ISBN-10: 0745319890

ISBN-13: 9780745319896

Edition: 2nd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Michael Hudson

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Michael Hudson's study of US financial diplomacy explores the faults built into the core of the World Bank and the IMF at their inception which - he argues - were intended to preserve the US's financial hegemony.

Book details

List price: $50.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 3/20/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.06" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Preface to the second edition, 2002


Introduction



Birth of the American World Order: 1914-46



Origins of Intergovernmental Debt, 1917-21



Breakdown of World Balance, 1921-33



America Spurns World Leadership



Lend-Lease and Fracturing of the British Empire, 1941-45



Bretton Woods: The Triumph of U.S. government Finance Capital, 1944-45



Isolating the Communist Bloc, 1945-46



The Institutions of the American Empire



American Strategy within the World Bank



The Imperialism of U.S. Foreign Aid



GATT and the Double Standard



Dollar Domination through the International Monetary Fund, 1945-46



Monetary Imperialism and the U.S. Treasury Bill Standard



Financing America's Wars with Other Nations' Resources, 1964-68



Power through Bankruptcy, 1968-70



Perfecting Empire through Monetary Crisis, 1970-72



The Monetary Offensive of Spring 1973



Monetary Imperialism: The Twenty-first Century


Notes


Index