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BL
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645435
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| Main Entry
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Perkins, John,1945-
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| Title & Author
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Confessions of an economic hit man\ John Perkins
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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San Francisco :: Berrett-Koehler Publishers,, c2004
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| Series Statement
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A BK currents book
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1 online resource (xxi, 250 p.) :: ill., map, facsims
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| ISBN
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9781576753019
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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An economic hit man is born -- "In for life" -- Indonesia : lessons for an EHM -- Saving a country from communism -- Selling my soul -- My role as inquisitor -- Civilization on trial -- Jesus, seen differently -- Opportunity of a lifetime -- Panama's president and hero -- Pirates in the Canal Zone -- Soldiers and prostitutes -- Conversations with the general -- Entering a new and sinister period in economic history -- The Saudi Arabian money-laundering affair -- Pimping, and financing Osama bin Laden -- Panama Canal negotiations and Graham Greene -- Iran's king of kings -- Confessions of a tortured man -- The fall of a king -- Colombia : keystone of Latin America -- American republic versus global empire -- The deceptive résumé -- Ecuador's president battles big oil -- I quit -- Ecuador's presidential death -- Panama : another presidential death -- My energy company, Enron, and George W. Bush -- I take a bribe -- The United States invades Panama -- An EHM failure in Iraq -- September 11 and its aftermath for me, personally -- Venezuela : saved by Saddam -- Ecuador revisited -- Piercing the veneer
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Economists-- United States, Biography
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Energy consultants-- United States, Biography
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Intelligence officers-- United States, Biography
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Corporations, American-- Foreign countries
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Corporations, American-- Corrupt practices
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Imperialism-- History-- 20th century
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Imperialism-- History-- 21st century
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| LC Classification
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UB271.U52P47 2004
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| Added Entry
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Ohio Library and Information Network
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