Finished Su 12/2/12
Top Notch Geo-Political Thriller. Short selling of a bank with a majority holding by the Chinese threatens to repeat the market's nosedive of 2008, and President Tom Knowles also is involved in a hostage situation in Uganda by a terrorist group called The Lord's Resistance Army who have murdered thirty-two American aid workers. A US military removal team has some members killed, and others trapped behind enemy lines. Chinese involvement is suspected, and did the Chinese use illegal influence in the stock market to control mid-term elections?
The moral of the tale seems to be that in today's reality, The US and China's actions are inextricably linked, and nothing negative can be done to one without a negative impact on the other.
A thought provoking, and fast-paced read.
My post on Good Reads-
A top-notch geo-political thriller that's thought provoking and hard to put down.
The moral of the tale seems to be that in today's global economic and political reality, The US and China's actions are inextricably linked, and nothing negative can be done to one without a negative impact on the other. The fact that so much of the American stock market is now owned by foreign nations was quite an eye opener! Now, I will always be wondering if volatility in the markets is 'real', the result of American's 'short-selling', or hostile countries trying to influence US policy.
I can't remember when I have learned so much about the global situation, and been so entertained.
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