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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 : John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the making of a new world order / Benn Steil.
Author
Steil, Benn.
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013], ©2013.

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Description
viii, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Note
  • "A Council on Foreign Relations Book."
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
ISBN
  • 9780691149097 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0691149097 (hbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2012035709
  • 99952638234
OCLC
  • 811523927
  • ocn811523927
  • SCSB-5677140
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries