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Book SynopsisIn Wealth, War & Wisdom, legendary Wall Street investor Barton Biggs reveals how the turning points of World War II intersected with market performance, and shows how these lessons can help the twenty-first century investor comprehend our own perilous times as well as choose the best strategies for the modern market economy.
Table of ContentsForeword v
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Listen to the Market Crowd 7
Chapter 2 A World Darkened by Fear: An Overview of Soviet, German, and Japanese Aggression from 1929–1945 19
Chapter 3 Stock Markets Struggle: From the Great Depression to the Start of WWII 35
Chapter 4 “1940: The Most Splendid, Most Deadly Year”: The Time of England’s Greatest Peril 55
Chapter 5 Besieged and Alone: England in 1941 91
Chapter 6 Operation Barbarossa: Germany Attacks Russia 109
Chapter 7 Miracles at the Coral Sea and Midway: Japan and America 131
Chapter 8 Stock Markets Understood: Nobody Else Did 153
Chapter 9 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Ride Again 173
Chapter 10 France Declines Financially, Economically, and Socially 187
Chapter 11 Gone with the Wind: Preserving Wealth in Italy and Germany 203
Chapter 12 Stalingrad: The Battle of the Century 231
Chapter 13 Defeats and Then Victories in Asia and North Africa 251
Chapter 14 The Test in Korea: The Last Battle of WWII 275
Chapter 15 Preserving Wealth in a Time of Cholera 303
Chapter 16 Barbarians at the Gate 321
Notes 335
Bibliography 347
Index 353
