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.
Gold Warriors : America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold
Aloita tämä kirja jo tänään, hintaan 0 €
- Kokeilujakson aikana käytössäsi on kaikki sovelluksen kirjat
- Ei sitoumusta, voit perua milloin vain
Kirjailijaa:
Lukija:
Kieli:
englanti
Muoto:
Freshwater Aquariums For Dummies : 3rd Edition
Crucible : Thirteen Months that Forged Our World
No Freedom Shrieker : The Civil War Letters of Union Soldier Charles Freeman Biddlecom
A Woman at War
The Yanks Are Coming! : A Military History of the United States in World War I
Soaring to Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II
Battle Hardened : An Infantry Officer's Harrowing Journey from D-Day to V-E Day
All Brave Sailors: The Sinking of the Anglo-Saxon, August 21, 1940
The Frogmen of World War II: An Oral History of the U.S. Navy's Underwater Demolition Teams
Alamo in the Ardennes : The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible
The Hemingway Patrols : Ernest Hemingway and His Hunt for U-Boats
Climb to Conquer: The Untold Story of WWII's 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops