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The battle of Bretton Woods : John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the making of a new world order
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The battle of Bretton Woods : John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the making of a new world order / Benn Steil.
ISBN
9780691149097 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0691149097 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013.
Physical Description
viii, 449 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"A Council on Foreign Relations Book."
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
The world comes to the White Mountains
The improbable rise of Harry White
Maynard Keynes and the monetary menace
"The most unsordid act"
The best-laid plans of White and Keynes
Whitewash
History is made
Begging like Fala
Out with the old order, in with the new
Epilogue.
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