Confessions of an economic hit man / John Perkins.
Record details
- ISBN: 1576753018
- ISBN: 9781576753019
- ISBN: 0452287081
- ISBN: 9780452287082
- Physical Description: xxi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2004]
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I 1963-1971 -- 1 An Economic Hit Man Is Born 3 -- 2 "In for Life" 14 -- 3 Indonesia: Lessons for an EHM 24 -- 4 Saving a Country from Communism 28 -- 5 Selling My Soul 33 -- Part II 1971-1975 -- 6 My Role as Inquisitor 43 -- 7 Civilization on Trial 48 -- 8 Jesus, Seen Differently 54 -- 9 Opportunity of a Lifetime 59 -- 10 Panama's President and Hero 66 -- 11 Pirates in the Canal Zone 72 -- 12 Soldiers and Prostitutes 76 -- 13 Conversations with the General 81 -- 14 Entering a New and Sinister Period in Economic History 87 -- 15 Saudi Arabian Money-laundering Affair 92 -- 16 Pimping, and Financing Osama bin Laden 107 -- Part III 1975-1981 -- 17 Panama Canal Negotiations and Graham Greene 117 -- 18 Iran's King of Kings 126 -- 19 Confessions of a Tortured Man 132 -- 20 Fall of a King 137 -- 21 Colombia: Keystone of Latin America 141 -- 22 American Republic Versus Global Empire 146 -- 23 Deceptive Resume 154 -- 24 Ecuador's President Battles Big Oil 165 -- 25 I Quit 171 -- Part IV 1981-Present -- 26 Ecuador's Presidential Death 179 -- 27 Panama: Another Presidential Death 185 -- 28 My Energy Company, Enron, and George W. Bush 190 -- 29 I Take a Bribe 196 -- 30 United States Invades Panama 203 -- 31 An EHM Failure in Iraq 214 -- 32 September 11 and Its Aftermath for Me, Personally 222 -- 33 Venezuela: Saved by Saddam 231 -- 34 Ecuador Revisited 239 -- 35 Piercing the Veneer 249 -- What You Can Do 260 -- John Perkins Personal History 278. |
| Target Audience Note: | 1160L Lexile |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 10 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockingham County Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 11 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Eden Library | 332.042 P (Text) | 31554007651408 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
