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PublisherVerso Books

ISBN-101844675319

ISBN-139781844675319

eBay Product ID (ePID)46931997

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Book TitleGold Warriors : America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold

Number of Pages365 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Military / World War II, Special Interest / Adventure, Asia / Japan, Organized Crime, World / Asian, Chemistry / General, Military

GenreTravel, Political Science, True Crime, Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorSterling Seagrave, Peggy Seagrave

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight10.8 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"The reader will walk away from this book astounded and outraged at the immensity of the fraudulent activities that the world's governments, banks, and spies are engaged in. Gold Warriors is chilling in its accumulation."- Counterpunch "Easily the best guide available to the scandal of Yamashita's gold."- London Review of Books "One is swept up in the high intensity story the Seagraves tell."- Publishers Weekly "The Seagraves have uncovered one of the biggest secrets of the twentieth century."-Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking

Dewey Decimal940.5314

SynopsisIn 1945, US intelligence officers in manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover the gold but to keep its riches secret. These would be combined with treasure recovered inside Japan during the US occupation, and with Nazi loot recovered in Europe, to create a worldwide American political action fund to fight communism. Overseen by General MacArthur, President Truman and John Foster Dulles, this "Black Gold" gave Washington virtually limitless, unaccountable funds, providing an asset base to reinforce the treasuries of America's allies, to bribe political and military leaders, and to manipulate elections in foreign countries for more than fifty years. Drawing on a vast range of original documents and thousands of hours of interviews, "Gold Warriors" exposes one of the great state secrets of the twentieth century., Drawing on a vast range of original documents and thousands of hours of interviews, "Gold Warriors" exposes one of the great state secrets of the 20th century--a cache of Japanese gold found in the Philippines during World War II., Drawing on a vast range of original documents and thousands of hours of interviews, Gold Warrior exposes one of the great state secrets of the twentieth century., In 1945, US intelligence officers in Manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover the gold but to keep its riches secret. These, combined with Japanese treasure recovered during the US occupation, and with recovered Nazi loot, would create a worldwide American political action fund to fight communism. This 'Black Gold' gave Washington virtually limitless, unaccountable funds, providing an asset base to reinforce the treasuries of America's allies, to bribe political and military leaders, and to manipulate elections in foreign countries for more than fifty years.

LC Classification NumberD810.C8