For more than a decade, America has been waging a new kind of war against the financial networks of rogue regimes, proliferators, terrorist groups, and criminal syndicates. Juan Zarate, a chief architect of modern financial warfare and a former senior Treasury and White House official, pulls back the curtain on this shadowy world. In this gripping story, he explains in unprecedented detail how a small, dedicated group of officials redefined the Treasury's role and used its unique powers, relationships, and reputation to apply financial pressure against America's enemies. This group.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: "The Hidden War"; Introduction: The Modern Megarian Decree; Part I: Foundation; 1. A New Kind of War; 2. Financial Footprints; 3. Nose Under the Tent; 4. Financial Chokepoints; Part II: A New Paradigm; 5. Blowfish; 6. Bad Banks; 7. "The Mother of All Financial Investigations"; 8. Resurrection; Part III: Financial Furies; 9. "Killing the Chicken to Scare the Monkeys"; 10. The Awakening; 11. Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle; 12. Revelation; 13. The Constriction Campaign; Part IV: Adaptation; 14. Dusting Off the Playbook. 15. Learning Curve16. The Coming Financial Wars; Epilogue: Lessons from the Use of Financial Power; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Photo Section; About the Author.