About the Book

In 1945, US Intelligence officers in Manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover the gold but to keep its riches secret. These would be combined with treasure recovered inside Japan during the US occupation, and with Nazi loot recovered in Europe, to create a world-wide American political action fund to fight communism. Overseen by General MacArthur, President Truman, and John Foster Dulles, this "Black Gold" gave Washington virtually limitless, unaccountable funds, providing an asset base to reinforce the treasuries of America's allies, to bribe political and military leaders, and to manipulate elections in foreign countries for more than fifty years. Drawing on a vast range of original documents and thousands of hours of interviews, Gold Warriors exposes one of the great state secrets of the twentieth century.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 384 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Verso

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 1859845428

Publication Date: Unknown

ISBN-13: 9781859845424

Dimensions: 6.10 x 9.60 x 1.08 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.68 lbs

• Categories: World War II History Conspiracy and Scandal Investigations