The Battle of Bretton Woods John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order |
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Author:
| Steil, Benn |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-14909-7 |
Publication Date: | May 2013 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration, the author shows that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda hatched within President Franklin D Roosevelt's Treasury and aimed at eliminating Britain as an economic and political rival.
Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration, the author shows that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda hatched within President Franklin D Roosevelt's Treasury and aimed at eliminating Britain as an economic and political rival.