TY - BOOK AU - LeBor,Adam TI - Tower of Basel: the shadowy history of the secret bank that runs the world SN - 9781610392549 AV - HG3881.5.B38 L43 2013 U1 - 332.1/55 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Public Affairs KW - Bank for International Settlements KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Banks and banking, International KW - International finance N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-307) and index; I; KAPITAL UBER ALLES; The Bankers Know Best --; A Cozy Club in Basel --; A Most Useful Bank --; Mr. Norman Takes a Train --; An Authorized Plunder --; Hitler's American Banker --; Reassuring Wall Street --; "An Arrangement with the Enemy" --; II; BUNDESREICH; United States to Europe: Unite, or Else --; All is Forgiven --; The German Phoenix Arises --; The Rise of the Desk-Murderers --; The Tower Arises --; III; MELTDOWN; The Second Tower --; The All-Seeing Eye --; The Citadel Cracks N2 - An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank ER -