 JEFFREY
ROBINSON
Jeffrey Robinson
is the international
best-selling
American author
of 18 books.
 His
investigative
tour de force,
THE LAUNDRYMEN,
uncovered
the true extent
of the world's
third largest
business.......
money laundering.....
and has been
the subject
of two major
television
programmes.
Robinson shows
how hundreds
of billions
of dirty dollars
are derived
mainly from
the drug trade,
then reinvested
throughout
the world
by otherwise
legitimate
businessmen,
lawyers, accountants
and bankers.
The book has
become a major
bestseller
and headline
maker in 14
countries
around the
world.
He followed
that by unmasking
the "hidden
persuaders".
In THE MANIPULATORS
- A CONSPIRACY
TO MAKE US
BUY. Robinson
picks up where
Vance Packard
left off four
decades ago,
putting the
power of advertising
and marketing
under a microscope.
He reveals
how new sciences
are being
developed
to turn the
ads we see
into magic
bullets which
can penetrate
our defenses;
how we unknowingly
contribute
to our own
commercial
seduction;
and how the
worst is yet
to come, as
the Internet
and television
combine to
create a monster
whose sole
function will
be to pick
us off, one
by one and
make us buy.
A New Yorker
who's been
living in
Europe for
29 years,
his previous
work includes
the highly
acclaimed
biography
of Saudi Arabia's
former oil
minister,
Yamani - The
Inside Story;
an insider's
look at entrepreneurs,
money, ego
and power
in THE RISK
TAKERS, THE
MINUS MILLIONAIRES;
THE END OF
THE AMERICAN
CENTURY and
THE HOTEL,
the story
of his five
months as
a fly on the
wall at, arguably
the best hotel
in the world.
After graduating
from Temple
University
in Philadelphia,
Robinson spent
four years
as an officer
in the US
Air Force
before taking
up residence,
at the end
of 1970, in
a small village
in the south
of France.
Using that
as his base,
he vagabonded
around the
world, writing
articles and
short stories
for leading
American magazines.
In 1982, with
more than
600 published
credits to
his name,
he moved to
London to
concentrate
on writing
books.
His book,
THE MERGER
is the natural
sequel to
THE LAUNDRYMEN.
In it, Robinson
details for
the first
time the various
strategic
alliances
and joint
ventures formed
by transnational
criminal organisations
in their deliberate
quest to become
the globe's
most powerful
special interest
group.
A frequent
guest on television
and radio
talk shows
on both sides
of the Atlantic
--- he also
hosted the
BBC TV version
of THE LAUNDRYMEN.
Robinson is
in much demand
on both sides
of the Atlantic
as a speaker
and is the
1990 winner
of the coveted
Benedictine
After-Dinner
Speaker of
the Year Award.
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