Gold Warriors keyword-military In City of Quartz

In City of Quartz

McSmith describes the transition from a party dominated by the radical left into a social democratic party

which considers at length the lessons it sees in Soviet experience for contemporary communism

Brian Barry

Gold Warriors keyword-military In City of QuartzIn 1945, US intelligence officers in Manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover the gold but to keep its riches secret. These, combined with Japanese treasure recovered during the US occupation, and with recovered Nazi loot, would create a worldwide American political action fund to fight communism. This Black Gold gave Washington