
The Price of Fear
The Truth Behind the Financial War on Terror
Ibrahim Warde(Author)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2007
Book
Hardback
261 pages
978-0-520-25370-4 (ISBN)
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Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
595 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-25370-4 (9780520253704)
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Person
Ibrahim Warde is Adjunct Professor of International Business at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is a contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique and the author of Islamic Finance in the Global Economy.