The Economic Consequences of the Peace by Keynes, John Maynard - 1920

E-013: Harcourt, Brace and Howe. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1920. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Harcourt, Brace and Howe. 1920. 298 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear, rubbing present to the DJ especially around the extremities (DJ is chipped and worn at the crown and heel of the DJ and at the extremities). Bound in cloth boards with titles present. Glue residue present to the reverse of the front board. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards very lightly rubbed and worn. The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) was written by John Maynard Keynes. Keynes attended the Versailles Conference as a delegate of the British Treasury and argued for a much more generous peace. It was a bestseller 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 especially on the left. 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. E-13; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 298 pages .