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America's secret recovery of Yamashita's gold

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An edition of Gold warriors (2002)

Gold warriors

America's secret recovery of Yamashita's gold

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"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 the riches secret. These would be combined with treasure recovered inside Japan during the US occupation, and with Nazi loot recovered in Europe, to create a worldwide American political action fund to fight the Cold War." "Overseen by General Douglas MacArthur, President Truman, and John Foster Dulles, 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, to fund covert operations, and to manipulate elections in foreign countries for more than fifty years. Drawing on a vast range of original documents and thousands of hours of interviews, Gold Warriors exposes one of the great state secrets of the twentieth century."--Jacket.

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Language
English
Pages
332

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Politics and government, World War, 1939-1945, Confiscations and contributions, Gold, Destruction and pillage, Treasure troves, Treasure-trove, Political corruption, World war, 1939-1945, confiscations and contributions, Japan, foreign relations, United states, foreign relations, japan, Foreign relations

People

Tomobumi Yamashita (1885-1946), Ferdinand E. Marcos (1917-), Ferdinand E. Marcos (1917-1989)

Places

Philippines, Asia, United States

Times

20th century, 1898-1935
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Huang jin wu shi: er zhan Riben lue duo Yazhou ju e huang jin hei mu
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Cover of: Gold warriors
Gold warriors: America's secret recovery of Yamashita's gold
2003, Verso
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Gold warriors
2002, Bowstring Books
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-261) and index.
Originally published: [United States] : Bowstring Books, c2002.

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London, New York

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940.53/14
Library of Congress
D810.C8 S43 2003, D810.C8 S43 2005, D810.C8, D810.D6 S43 2003

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xii, 332 p. ;
Number of pages
332

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1859845428
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2004270175, 2008270224
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52566548
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1821417
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702602

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