Super Imperialism. The Economic Strategy of American Empire. Third EditionThis edition of Super Imperialism is the finalized version of the analysis that Michael Hudson first published in the wake of President Nixon severing the dollar's link to gold in August 1971. Closing the gold window had been imminent since the London Gold Pool was disbanded in 1968 in response to the U. S. overseas military spending that had pushed the balance of payments into steadily deepening deficit since the Korean War (1950 51)., ISBN13: