On another thread Surferbeetle links to thread about Harvard graduate Niall Ferguson on the current financial situation. He has PBS video series out (every Wed. Night In Alabama) about how the history of money and war are linked together. The series and the book is called "The Ascent of Money". My only complaint is it essentially a ripoff of John Kenneth Galbraith's "The Age Of Uncertainty" which was the original PBS series done in the 1970's.


Here is a link to the program you can watch for free. You would probably like episode 2 "The Bonds Of War"
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ascentofmoney/