Title: A changing of the guard
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.
Subjects: International finance, Diplomatic history, World War, 1939-1945, Foreign economic relations, Foreign relations, History, Great britain, foreign relations, united states, United states, foreign economic relations, United states, foreign relations, great britain, United states, economic conditions, 1918-1945, World war, 1939-1945, diplomatic history
Places: Great Britain, United States
Time periods: 1933-1945, 1936-1945, 20th century