Bücher von Jonathan Kirshner

Examines how states can and have used international currency relationships and arrangements as instruments of coercive power for the advancement of state security. This work lays the groundwork for the study of monetary power by providing a taxonomy of the forms that such power can take and of the conditions under which it can have effect.

Shows that bankers dread war - an aversion rooted in pragmatism, not idealism. This book also shows that, when faced with the prospect of war or international political crisis, national financial communities favor caution and demonstrate a marked aversion to war.