Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks

American economic and political postwar planning in the summer of 1944

by Georg Schild

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Published 1995 by St. Martin"s Press in New York .
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Subjects:

• International finance -- History -- 20th century.,
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.,
• Reconstruction (1939-1951),
• Security, International -- History -- 20th century.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-243) and index.

Statement	Georg Schild.
Classifications
LC Classifications	HG255 .S2885 1995
The Physical Object
Pagination	xiii, 254 p. ;
Number of Pages	254
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL1108777M
ISBN 10	0312122160
LC Control Number	94034125

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