Ebook: Failure of Economic Diplomacy: Britain, Germany, France and the United States, 1931-36

Based on new archival research, this is a study of the failure of international co-operation to combat the Great Depression. The text explores the impact of protectionism, reparations and war debts, as well as the more well-known disagreements on monetary issues which, together, helped to prolong the most profound economic depression of the 20th century. The economic and diplomatic lessons drawn from this period by the major powers - particularly German intelligence as to the deep divisions in Anglo-American economic relations - also provide a contribution to understanding the origins of the World War II and the diplomatic and economic order created in its aftermath.