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  • Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare
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Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Juan Zarate (Author), Timothy Andrés Pabon (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)
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For more than a decade, America has been waging a new kind of war against the financial networks of rogue regimes, proliferators, terrorist groups, and criminal syndicates. Juan Zarate, a chief architect of modern financial warfare and a former senior Treasury and White House official, pulls back the curtain on this shadowy world. In this gripping story, he explains in unprecedented detail how a small, dedicated group of officials redefined the Treasury's role and used its unique powers, relationships, and reputation to apply financial pressure against America's enemies.

This group unleashed a new brand of financial power - one that leveraged the private sector and banks directly to isolate rogues from the international financial system. By harnessing the forces of globalization and the centrality of the American market and dollar, the Treasury developed a new way of undermining America's foes. The Treasury and its tools soon became, and remain, critical in the most vital geopolitical challenges facing the United States, including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and the regimes in Iran, North Korea, and Syria.

This is the unique story of the United States' financial war campaigns and the contours and uses of financial power, and of the warfare to come.

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  1. Listening Length
    16 hours and 55 minutes
  2. Author
    Juan Zarate
  3. Narrator
    Timothy Andrés Pabon
  4. Audible release date
    July 21 2020
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Tantor Audio
  7. ASIN
    B08C8P1GFH
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 16 hours and 55 minutes
Author Juan Zarate
Narrator Timothy Andrés Pabon
Audible.ca Release Date July 21 2020
Publisher Tantor Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B08C8P1GFH
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  • Yingyun Sun
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on July 6, 2018
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    bought for my friend and he liked it.
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  • Scott
    4.0 out of 5 stars A great read
    Reviewed in Canada on May 30, 2014
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    An excellent presentation by an expert who was there. Well constructed and in great detail, adds credibility and depth to the stories we all followed.
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  • Rehesal
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good reading for professionals
    Reviewed in Germany on April 15, 2022
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    Must be well versed in economics and finance to get the most out of it.
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  • Rob Alberts
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book on the new way of war
    Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2014
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    Juan Zarate does an amazing job of telling a story of how war is evolving. He does a great job of describing how the government, mainly U.S. Treasury, has new tools in its toolbox to combat terrorism, weapons proliferation, drug traffickers, and nation states. Juan does a magnificent job of telling a detailed story and keeping it interesting.
    Nations recognize and employ this new form of economic warfare against the U.S. and our allies. I don't know if the U.S. grasps the breadth and depth of this challenge Juan describes. I do appreciate the for the problems identified within the government and intelligence community, he provides smart, innovative solutions such as "A new economic security approach requires a new paradigm.. This involves an evolution from the classic, state-based national security actions toward deeper involvement of the private sector in arenas previously confined to the halls of government, with a commensurate and widening appreciation within governments of the power of markets and the private sector to influence international security."
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  • Roger
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, in-depth story-telling about sanctions and the fight against terrorism
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2020
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    A great first-person account of the work of the US Treasury in fighting terrorism (and other things the US Government decides it doesn't like) through the use of sanctions. Highly engaging, it gives a rich and informative background to the regulations that affect much of the financial services industry today.
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  • Richard King
    4.0 out of 5 stars Big book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2025
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    A large book for holiday reading.
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  • R. Axelrod
    5.0 out of 5 stars Important for US National Policy
    Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2013
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    Treasury Wars does a fine job of introducing a whole new realm of political power - or at least new in its present incarnation. With the immediateness of an insider, the author demonstrates how financial pressures can work in the middle ground between diplomacy and warfare.

    The strength of the book is its clarity, especially in its exposition of how the Treasury Department leveraged the need of nearly all international banks to maintain their reputation. It does a great service in helping to put financial measures in the kit of tools available for pursuing national policy. I was impressed that its value wasn't just in inhibiting terrorist financing, but also in providing leverage for sanctions on states such as Iran and North Korea.

    It includes a fascinating account of the vast internal differences between the Chinese financial community and the Chinese foreign policy bureaucracy, and how the former prevailed.

    In summary, it's a terrific book - one of the few that can really make a difference in promoting national policy short of armed conflict.
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