Price of Fear The Truth Behind the Financial War on Terror

Name: Price of Fear The Truth Behind the Financial War on Terror
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ISBN: 9780520253704

ISBN-10: 0520253701

ISBN-13: 9780520253704

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ibrahim Warde

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In America's global war on terror, the campaign being waged on the financial front is the least likely to be questioned or investigated. 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 series of financial crackdowns initiated by the U.S. government since the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks have 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…

Book details

List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/6/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 261
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction: The Fog of Financial War



The Mythology of Terrorist Financing



Fantasy, Fiction, and Terrorist Financing



Rules of Financial Engagement



Framing the Guilty: The Financial Terrain



The Flawed Money Laundering Template



Narrative and Dynamics



Money and the War on Terror Narrative



The Usual Suspects



Dynamics of the Financial War



War and Consequences



Targets and Collateral Damage



"Gated Finance" and Other Contradictions of the Financial War



The Question of Islamic Charities



Assessments and Recommendations



"Catastrophic Successes": Assessing the Financial War



Rethinking Money and Terror


Epilogue: The Last Happy Warriors


Notes


Index