KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.].
The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
First Edition of J.M. Keynes' The Economic Consequences of the Peace; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.
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First edition of the best-selling book that established Keynes' reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace was written after Keynes attended the Versailles Conference as a delegate of the British Treasury and argued for a much more generous peace. It was a best-seller throughout the world and was critical in establishing a general opinion that the Versailles Treaty was a "Carthaginian peace". It helped to consolidate American public opinion against the treaty and involvement in the League of Nations. The perception by much of the British public that Germany had been treated unfairly in turn was a crucial factor in public support for appeasement. The success of the book established Keynes' reputation as a leading economist. 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 after Second World War is a similar system to that proposed by Keynes in The Economic Consequences of the Peace. "The most important economic document relating to World War I and its aftermath" (John Kenneth Galbraith).
The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
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