The Summit
The Biggest Battle of the Second World War - fought behind closed doors
$50.14
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
12 May 2015
Summary
The idea of world leaders gathering in the midst of economic crisis has become all-too familiar. But the summit at Bretton Woods in 1944 was the only time countries from around the world have agreed to overhaul the structure of the international monetary system. And, what’s more, they were successful - it was the closest to perfection the world’s economy has ever been, and arguably the demise of the Bretton Woods system is behind our present woes.
This was no dry economic conference. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349139616 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 034913961X |
| Author: | Ed Conway |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 12 May 2015 |
| Weight: | 404g |
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Critics Review
Utterly absorbing, minutely researched … The picture so gloriously painted here is of a three-week, intellect-sapping, emotionally-draining roller-coaster - Independent
Brimming with the sort of vivid details that make the past come alive, The Summit is both an impressive work of scholarship and an absolute delight to readWho would have thought that an account of an economic summit could be so absorbing? But it was no ordinary summit and Ed Conway’s is an exceptional accountBrilliantly researched, and hugely entertaining, this is an essential book about one of the most important economic events of the twentieth centuryConway, who is economics editor of Sky News, has written an accessible and intelligent work, based on substantial archival research - GuardianEd Conway
Ed Conway is the Economics Editor of Sky News. Previously he was Economics Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. His appointment to this role, when aged only 25, made him the youngest ever Economics Editor of a UK national newspaper.
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