Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy

About This Audiobook

Author
Murray N. Rothbard
Chapters

16

Rothbard’s 1984 essay traces US foreign policy from Jay Cooke’s Civil War bond monopoly to the Trilateral Commission, arguing that the decisive divisions ran between rival banking blocs—the House of Morgan and the Rockefeller interests—rather than between political parties. Told through cabinet appointments, law firms, and interlocking directorates, it covers the founding of the Federal Reserve, entry into both world wars, and the CIA operations in Iran, Guatemala, and Chile. This Mises Institute edition adds introductions by Anthony Gregory and Justin Raimondo.

Introduction to the 2011 Edition

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Introduction to the 2011 Edition

Introduction to the 1995 Edition

Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy

J. P. Morgan

An Aggressive Asian Policy

Teddy Roosevelt and the “Lone Nut”

Morgan, Wilson, and War

The Fortuitous Fed

The Round Table

The CFR

Rockefeller, Morgan, and War

The Guatemalan Coup

JFK and the Establishment

LBJ and the Power Elite

Henry A. Kissinger

The Trilateral Commission

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