The Counterfeit War — Harry Rubin

An anti-American president in South America has an undeclared war with the United Sttates, and he initiates a plan to flood the nations of the Caribbean with billions of dollars in counterfeit $100 bills to destroy their economies. He then plans to use his own petro-dollars to bail them out and gain control of the entire Caribbean Basin. The U.S. government learns of the plan and gives the Office of Naval Intelligence the mission of stopping it. ONI initiates Operation Venback to combat the plan with a small vessel and a crew of eight given the order to sink the delivery ship. The future influence of the United States is at stake and depends on the success of their mission. Sequel to Rubin's first novel, Chasing Pirates.