A changing of the guard
Subtitle: Anglo-American relations, 1941-1946
By: Randall Bennett Woods.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
Subjects: International finance -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history; United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1936-1945
Description: Between 1941 and 1946, in response to the devastation caused by World War II, memories of the Great Depression, and the prospect of Soviet expansion, a group of politicians, diplomats, and economists in the United States and Great Britain sought to repair the ruined economies of of Europe and secure economic prosperity for America. Their program, which became known as multilateralism, called for reduced quotas on imports, lowered tariffs, the abandonment of currency exchange controls, and economic decision making by international bodies. Randall Woods explores this attempt to create an interdependent world economy and sets it against the broader political and strategic backdrop of the period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-464) and index.