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: | 978-0-691-16237-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2014 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $20.95 |
Book Description:
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Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration, this book 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, this book 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.