1st Edition

Britain, America and the War Debt Controversy The Economic Diplomacy of an Unspecial Relationship, 1917-45

By Robert Self Copyright 2006
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This volume throws important new light upon a pivotal period of transition in the Anglo-American relationship and sets the stage for its equally dramatic transformation during and after the Second World War.  Based upon extensive research in previously unpublished archival material on both sides of the Atlantic, for the first time this book offers a detailed and comprehensive analysis of... Read more

1. Britain, America and the Ambivalence of the ‘Special Relationship’  2. Origins of the Inter-Allied War Debt Problem  3. Britain and the Inter-Allied War Debt Settlements  4. Economic Depression and Revival of the Debt Question  5. The British ‘Bombshell’, July-November 1932  6. ‘To Pay or Not to Pay, That is the Question’, December 1932  7. The Presidential Interregnum, December 1932-March 1933  8. Counting on Roosevelt, March-July 1933  9. Drifting towards Default, August 1933-June 1934  10. Epilogue, 1934-1941

Biography

Robert Self