- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Sphere Books (27 Aug 1987)
- ISBN-10: 0722133510
- ISBN-13: 978-0722133514
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 809,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Paperback
Before reading this book i had no knowledge of,or interest in international high finance. This thriller changed all that. The scenario is the middle east,particularly iran and saudi arabia. The hero, Bill Hitchcock, is a financial advisor who goes to work for the saudis,advising them how to invest all the billions of dollars they're getting from oil sales,more efficiently. Meanwhile the all powerful,western backed Shah of Iran(at the height of his powers,before being overthrown by Ayatollah Khomeini) has a plan to be the undisputed master of the middle east,recreating the Sassanid Empire of Persia(226 -651 AD),before it was taken over by the moslems. But the new Iran/Persia will have a modern economy,modern armed forces,complete control of the middle east and its oil supplies. As well as nuclear energy and weapons. The action moves from the middle east to high finance houses of europe and the united states. military strategy,finance,politics,nuclear weapons,its all here. BRILLIANT,EDUCATIONAL,THRILLING
Format:Hardcover
Theme of the book : The book is a financial thriller. It is a heady cocktail of OPEC politics, pricing of oil, banking and proliferation of nuclear arms. It offers an excellent insight into four topics, which are quite baffling to the modern day reader. The first one being the issue of recycling petrodollars. Why does America need to sell arms to the Middle East? The impact of petrodollars on the American Banking system and how by sucking liquidity an economy as mighty as Britain could be brought to ruins. The second one being the façade of Swiss neutrality and why the Americans sued Swiss banks for looting Jewish property during the Holocaust. Thirdly, the novel offers an excellent explanation on why armies in the Sheikhdom are deliberately kept weak so as to prevent any uprising. Finally it shows in the ENI deal how the so-called holding companies are nothing but fronts for large multinationals. The book is readable but the ending is rather incredulous. The tempo built up in the three-quarters of the novel is not sustained. The ending is rather trite and is rather a damp squib.
Format:Paperback
Theme of the book : Coming from the fact that we are looking at a crisis in Iraq the book is a financial thriller. It is a heady cocktail of OPEC politics, pricing of oil, banking and proliferation of nuclear arms. It offers an excellent insight into four topics, which are quite baffling to the modern day reader. The first one being the issue of recycling petrodollars. Why does America need to sell arms to the Middle East? The impact of petrodollars on the American Banking system and how by sucking liquidity an economy as mighty as Britain could be brought to ruins. The second one being the façade of Swiss neutrality and why the Americans sued Swiss banks for looting Jewish property during the Holocaust. Thirdly, the novel offers an excellent explanation on why armies in the Sheikhdom are deliberately kept weak so as to prevent any uprising. Finally it shows in the ENI deal how the so-called holding companies are nothing but fronts for large multinationals. The book is readable but the ending is rather incredulous. The tempo built up in the three-quarters of the novel is not sustained. The ending is rather trite and is rather a damp squib.
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