A Search for Solvency: Bretton Woods and the International Monetary System, 1941-1971

by Alfred E. Eckes Jr.

Diverted by the dramatic military and political events of July 1944, few Americans realized the significance of an international conference taking place at Bretton Woods, a mountain resort in New Hampshire, far from the battle zones. There United Nations experts were completing plans for a world monetary and financial system that they hoped would create a prosperous, efficient global economy and avert economic tensions that might lead to another...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292740832
• ISBN13: 9780292740839
• Release Date: September 1975
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"