Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold by Sterling Seagrave
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By Sterling Seagrave and Peggy SeagraveDrawing on a vast range of original documents and thousands of hours of interviews, Gold Warrior exposes one of the great state secrets of the twentieth century.
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, combined with Japanese treasure recovered during the US occupation, and with recovered Nazi loot, would create a worldwide American political action fund to fight communism. 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.
Publisher : Verso; Revised edition (December 26, 2005)
Language : English
Paperback : 365 pages
ISBN-10 : 184467531-9
ISBN-13 : 978-18-4-467531-9
Item Weight : 10.8 ounces
Dimensions : 0.52 x 0.12 x 0.78 inches