The Spoils Of War. Politics, Economics And Diplomacy Of Reparations, 1918-32

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 1989
Edition: First Edition

Description: 462 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: This is the first comprehensive account of the dispute over who should "pay" for World War I--a dispute which poisoned international relations, destabilized the worlds financial system, and contributed to the rise of the Nazis in the 1920s and 1930s. Kent argues that the victors had no coherent policy of eliminating Germany as a commercial or strategic threat, and that the illusion of indemnity was fostered by British, French, and American statesmen to both conceal the financial implications of the war and defuse radical agitation for heavy taxation.

ISBN: 9780198227380