NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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.

"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

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

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 p