Check out the book "Money: The Unauthorized Biography". It does an excellent job making an argument that a sovereign that loses control of the primary currency

Check out the book "Money: The Unauthorized Biography". It does an excellent job making an argument that a sovereign that loses control of the primary currency loses control of political primacy. This isn't just about terrorism or money laundering. It's very much about political power. review 1: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/books/review/money-by-felix-martin.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/books/review/money-by-feli... review 2: http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/book-review-money-unauthorized-biography http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/book-review-mone... review 3: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/08/money-the-unauthorised-biography-by-felix-martin-review http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/08/money-the-unaut...