When the State Department claims to have struck a blow at the heart of the international terrorist finance network, even the most hardened of commentators takes the statement at face value. But as Ibrahim Warde argues in this myth-shattering book, the post-9/11 series of financial crackdowns initiated by the U.S. government has had virtually no impact on terrorism. This is because, as he demonstrates, these actions are based on a fundamental misconception of how terrorism works. Warde shows how operations such as the 9/11 attacks were actually financed, and he brilliantly juxtaposes the reality of shoestring budgets and envelopes of cash against the prevailing fantasy of a buzzing transnational network of seamless electronic transfers.
- ISBN10 0520258150
- ISBN13 9780520258150
- Publish Date 4 November 2008 (first published 1 August 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of California Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 288
- Language English