Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank That Runs the World [Paperback edition] 978-1-61039-255-6, 1610392558, 161039254X

An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank. Abstract: An inv

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Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank That Runs the World [Paperback edition]
978-1-61039-255-6, 1610392558, 161039254X

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Adam Lebor

Table of contents :
Content: I. KAPITAL UBER ALLES. The Bankers Know Best --
A Cozy Club in Basel --
A Most Useful Bank --
Mr. Norman Takes a Train --
An Authorized Plunder --
Hitler's American Banker --
Reassuring Wall Street --
"An Arrangement with the Enemy" --
II. BUNDESREICH. United States to Europe: Unite, or Else --
All is Forgiven --
The German Phoenix Arises --
The Rise of the Desk-Murderers --
The Tower Arises --
III. MELTDOWN. The Second Tower --
The All-Seeing Eye --
The Citadel Cracks.

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