Through its fulsome use of sanctions, “America’s effort to maintain its global economic dominance over the past decade has backfired, leaving it more isolated, and in control of a shrinking share of the global economy.” www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Edward Fishman's Chokepoints explains how the US came to rely on its economic arsenal, but stops short of a complete assessment of the unreliable tactic and its often devastating consequences.