""The next financial collapse will resemble nothing in history. Deciding upon the best course to follow will require comprehending a minefield of risks, while poised at a crossroads, pondering the death of the dollar." The international monetary system has collapsed three times in the past hundred years, in 1914, 1939, and 1971. Each collapse was followed by a period of tumult: war, civil unrest, or significant.

Introduction -- Money and geopolitics. Prophesy ; The war god's face -- Money and markets. The ruin of markets ; China's new financial warlords ; The new German reich ; BELLs, BRICS, and beyond -- Money and wealth. Debt, deficits, and the dollar ; Central bank of the world ; Gold redux ; Crossroads ; Maelstrom -- Conclusion.