{"product_id":"currency-war-9781637630013","title":"Currency War","description":"\u003ci\u003eCurrency War\u003c\/i\u003e is an international thriller that only Lawrence B. Lindsey - economist, adviser to presidents, and Washington insider - could tell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs it possible to wage war without weapons? Is it possible to win a war without firing a shot? These are the questions facing Ben Coleman after he finds himself a first-hand witness to a bank run in Beijing that ends up being brutally suppressed by the Chinese military. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coleman, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve under President Will Turner, realizes this is a harbinger of things to come... a suspicion confirmed by Li Xue, his counterpart in the Chinese government. Li is part of a modernizing movement that is locked in confrontation with a hardline faction headed by General Deng Wenxi. Deng sees the U.S. in a weak economic position and plans to make China the global superpower by replacing the U.S. dollar with the yuan as the world's reserve currency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So begins a currency war between the United States and China - a war fought in dollars and yuan against a landscape of shifting international alliances and political infighting on both sides. Coleman's marriage is even compromised when his wife - a beautiful, retired MI-6 agent from England - is drawn back into the game of spycraft and intelligence gathering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the bloodless war rages, readers are taken on a roller coaster ride through the inner sanctums of power in the world - from the upstairs residence of the White House to the board room of the People's Bank of China; from a high society dinner party in London to the birth of a Political Action Committee at an exclusive Virginia resort; and from the bedrooms of the elite to the forbidden fleshpots of Laos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Forefront Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637630013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Lawrence B. Lindsey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40493781909685,"sku":"9781637630013","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e7e07286-bc39-4c31-9655-8517f0376243.jpg?v=1626156367","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/currency-war-9781637630013","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}