Waging War with Gold

"Timely, topical, and thought-provoking.... This is a terrific analysis of how states have tried to bend finance to their will over the ages." -Randall Germain, Carleton University

"An important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between finance and national security, exploring how the financial sector itself offers opportunities to exert influence." -Thomas Oatley, Tulane University

"The sinews of war," posited Cicero, "are infinite money." Can the same be said of security? Tackling this thought-provoking question, the authors of Waging War with Gold show how states across the centuries have weaponized the global finance domain-a constellation of economic, legal, and monetary relations-in order to exert influence and pursue national interests.