Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare

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「《扼喉要塞》（Chokepoints）一書撰寫巧妙，是一部引人入勝且充滿戲劇性的敘事，講述地緣政治的新面貌。」 — 丹尼爾．耶金（Daniel Yergin），《華爾街日報》

「一本及時、引人入勝的全球巡禮...一本令人專注的書。」 — 《經濟學人》

「非凡卓越...這是關於經濟戰寫作中最重要的書籍之一。」 — 保羅．肯尼迪（Paul Kennedy），《大國的興衰》作者

這個史詩般的故事講述了美國如何將全球經濟變成一種武器，顛覆了數十年的全球化進程，以對抗新的威權軸心：俄羅斯、中國和伊朗。

過去，要摧毀另一個國家的經濟，需要封鎖其港口並圍攻其城市。現在，所需的僅是美國政府在網路上發布的一份聲明。

在《扼喉要塞》（Chokepoints）中，前美國制裁高層官員愛德華．費希曼（Edward Fishman）帶領我們深入權力幕後，揭示了過去二十年美國外交政策不為人知的歷史。當弗拉基米爾．普京、習近平和哈梅內伊（Ayatollah Khamenei）在世界舞台上肆虐之際，美國政府內部的一些特立獨行者打造了一個令人畏懼的經濟武器新軍火庫。歷任美國總統都依賴這些武器來應對最緊迫的國家安全威脅 — 無論是好是壞。

《扼喉要塞》為我們這個時代最具變革性的發展之一提供了扣人心弦的記述，揭示了美國政府如何利用華爾街、矽谷和大型石油公司的力量來對抗美國的敵人。敘事的核心是那些開創性的外交官、律師和金融奇才，他們是美國針對俄羅斯、中國和伊朗不斷升級的經濟戰的幕後策劃者。

對經濟扼喉要塞的控制 — 例如美元、先進微晶片技術和關鍵礦物 — 已成為二十一世紀地緣政治力量的關鍵。其結果是一個新的世界秩序：大國之間的經濟軍備競賽和一個正在分裂的全球經濟。《扼喉要塞》是一部權威性的著作，講述了美國如何開創了一種新型的、強硬的經濟戰風格，以及它正在如何改變世界。

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Selected as a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Financial Times, Bloomberg, and NPR • Finalist for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award

"Deftly written, Chokepoints is a compelling and dramatic narrative about the new shape of geopolitics."
— Daniel Yergin, The Wall Street Journal

"A timely, riveting world tour...[An] absorbing book."
— The Economist

“Remarkable...One of the most important books on economic warfare ever written.”
— Paul Kennedy, author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

The epic story of how America turned the world economy into a weapon, upending decades of globalization to confront a new authoritarian axis—Russia, China, and Iran.

It used to be that ravaging another country’s economy required blockading its ports and laying siege to its cities. Now all it takes is a statement posted online by the U.S. government.

In Chokepoints, Edward Fishman, a former top American sanctions official, takes us deep into the back rooms of power to reveal the untold history of the past two decades of U.S. foreign policy. As Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Ayatollah Khamenei wreaked havoc on the world stage, mavericks within the U.S. government built a fearsome new arsenal of economic weapons. Successive U.S. presidents have relied on these weapons to address the most pressing national security threats—for good and for ill.

Chokepoints provides a thrilling account of one of the most transformative developments of our time, demystifying how the U.S. government harnesses the power of Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Big Oil against America’s enemies. At the center of the narrative are the trailblazing diplomats, lawyers, and financial whizzes who have masterminded America’s escalating economic wars against Russia, China, and Iran.

Control over economic chokepoints—such as the U.S. dollar, advanced microchip technology, and critical minerals—has become the key to geopolitical power in the twenty-first century. The result is a new world order: an economic arms race among great powers and a fracturing global economy. Chokepoints is the definitive account of how America pioneered a new, hard-hitting style of economic warfare—and how it’s changing the world.