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The battle of Bretton Woods John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the making of a new world order

Title: The battle of Bretton Woods [electronic resource] : John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the making of a new world order / Benn Steil.
Author: Steil, Benn.
Publication: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013.

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1 online resource (viii, 449 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Battle of Bretton Woods (Online)

Alternative Title

Battle of Bretton Woods (Online)

Subject

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"A Council on Foreign Relations Book."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-426) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

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