The battle of Bretton Woods : John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the making of a new world order /
Benn Steil.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013.
- viii, 449 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"A Council on Foreign Relations Book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-426) and index.
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.
9780691149097 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
2012035709
Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946. White, Harry Dexter, 1892-1948.
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference Bretton Woods, N.H.) (1944 :
Monetary policy--History--20th century. International finance--History--20th century.