Chokepoints
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Chokepoints
| Full title | Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare |
|---|---|
| Author | Edward Fishman |
| Published | 2025 |
| Pages | 536 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Fishman, who worked on sanctions at the State Department, traces how the dollar, SWIFT and export controls became the instruments of American coercion — Iran, Russia, and then China and semiconductors. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — listed as “Chokepoints by Edward Fishman” in the replies when he asked on X “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025. Full list: What’s the best history book… (tweet).
- @patrick_oshag’s thread — named in the replies to his question “Anyone read anything thought provoking lately ?”, October 2026 (@learn_or_die_ and @semanticity, separately: “Chokepoints”). Full set of replies: Anyone read anything thought provoking… (tweet).
Connections
- Geopolitics — The subject.
- Semiconductors — The chokepoint the last third of the book is about.
- Globalization — The system being weaponised.
- Foreign Policy — Where the argument lands.
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
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