THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE [1/3]

John Maynard Keynes, C.B. (Fellow of King's College, Cambridge)

Published by Macmillan & Co., Ltd., St. Martin's Street, London, 1920

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A third printing of the true first edition, published in 1920. The book was first published in December 1919, and reprinted twice in 1920. ***Very good in navy blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and borders to the spine and blind borders to the front and rear boards. The gilt has dulled over the decades. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Tiny scuff to bottom edge of front board. There is a contemporaneous owner's name and date in sepia fountain pen ink to the half-title, but the ink has faded over the years. Slight foxing and browning to the front and rear endpapers, otherwise the interior is clean and unmarked. Spine tight. Without the scarce dustwrapper. ***224mm x 146mm. With a single-page preface by the author to the fore, dated November 1919, plus 279 text-pages. ***Contents: Preface; Chapter I - Introductory, Chapter II - Europe Before the War, Chapter III - The Conference, Chapter IV - The Treaty, Chapter V - Reparation, Chapter VI - Europe After the Treaty, Chapter VII - Remedies. ***'The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) is a book written and published by the British economist John Maynard Keynes. After the First World War, Keynes attended the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 as a delegate of the British Treasury. In his book, he argued for a much more generous peace, not out of a desire for justice or fairness - these are aspects of the peace that Keynes does not deal with - but for the sake of the economic well-being of all of Europe, including the Allied Powers, which the Treaty of Versailles and its associated treaties would prevent. The book was a best-seller throughout the world, and was critical in establishing a general opinion that the treaties were a "Carthaginian peace" designed to crush the defeated Central Powers, especially Germany. It helped to consolidate American public opinion against the treaties and against joining the League of Nations. The perception by much of the British public that Germany had been treated unfairly was, in turn, a crucial factor in later public support for the appeasement of Hitler. ***The success of the book established Keynes' reputation as a leading economist, especially on the left. When Keynes was a key player in establishing the Bretton Woods system in 1944, he remembered the lessons from Versailles as well as the Great Depression. The Marshall Plan, which was promulgated to rebuild Europe after the Second World War, was similar to the sy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE [1/3]
• Publisher: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., St. Martin's Street, London
• Publication Date: 1920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good