Blood Money.Blood Money John Remington Graham Pelican Publishing 1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna Gretna, city (1990 pop. 17,208), seat of Jefferson parish, SE La., on the Mississippi River. A suburb of New Orleans, it produces marble, granite, chemicals, and food products. Founded in the early 19th cent. as Mechanicsham, Gretna merged with McDonoghville in 1913., LA 70053-2246 1589803981 $12.95 www.pelicanpub.com Written by professional trial lawyer and history expert John Remington Graham, Blood Money: The Civil War civil war, in Roman historycivil war, in Roman history: see Marius and Sulla; Pompey and Julius Caesar.Civil War, in U.S. historyCivil War, in U.S. history, conflict (1861–65) between the Northern states (the Union) and the Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy. and the Federal Reserve is a scholarly and studious examination of an oft-neglected aspect of the American Civil War--how the great international banking houses augmented the pre-existing antagonisms between North and South, how the Federal Reserve came to be created, and the negative legacies of public debtPublic debt Issues of debt by governments to compensate for a lack of tax revenues. following the Civil War. Researched with exacting precision and calculated depth, Blood Money will prove enlightening and fascinating to Civil War scholars and lay readers alike, as it exposes myths about the Civil War's origins, and reveals that the hot-button issues of the era served as a convenient means to distract Americans from the huge national debt National debt Treasury bills, notes, bonds, and other debt obligations that constitute the debt owed by the federal government. being incurred--a crisis situation that would in turn prompt a hostile takeover Hostile Takeover A takeover attempt that is strongly resisted by the target firm.Notes: Hostile takeovers are usually bad news, as the employee moral of the target firm can quickly turn to animosity against the acquiring firm. See also: Takeover of American banking and currency. Highly recommended.
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