The Dollar and National Security: The Monetary Component of Hard Power

Synopsis

In The Dollar And National Security, Paul Viotti Explores The Links Between Global Capital Flows, Policy Elites, And National Security. After Establishing The Historical Link Between Currency, Gold, And Security, He Continues The Monetary-security Story By Examining The Instrumental Role The Dollar Has Played In American Economic And National Security Over The Past Seven Decades. He Reveals How Perceived Individual And Collective Interests Are The Key Drivers Toward Building The Kind Of Durable Consensus Necessary To Sustain The External Financing Of American Foreign And National Security Policy, And Addresses The Future Implications For National Security As Decision-makers In The Brics And Other Countries Position Themselves To Assume An Even Larger Policy Presence In Global Commercial, Monetary, And Security Matters. --provided By Publisher. Introduction : Money And Security -- Part One. The European Center : Sterling, The Dollar And Security Before World War Ii. Money, Empire And Pre-war Security -- Wartime Security And Monetary Exchange In The Great War -- Restoring Sterling, Commerce And Security After World War I -- Part Two. The United States Moves To The Center : Dollar Primacy And American National Security. Money And Cooperative Security, The Inter-war Years And World War Ii -- Cold War And The Bretton Woods Years -- Sustaining Dollar Primacy : From Bretton Woods To Managed Flexibility -- The Euro, The Dollar And Cooperative Security -- Conclusion : Economy, Money And The Politics Of National Security. Paul R. Viotti. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.