H. W. Brands

With fascinating stories of money men, from Alexander Hamilton to Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, and deft explanations of the ins and outs of monetary policy, Greenback Planet clarifies why the dollar rules the world—and why that should frighten us all.

Melding history and poetry, the one-of-a-kind Haiku History gathers a selection of haikus to recount the story of America from the nation’s birth to the election of the forty-fifth president.