title: The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Princeton University Press))
author:  Benn Steil 
description: <b>&quot;Winner of the 2013 Spear&#39;s Book Award in Financial History&quot;</b><br /><br /><b>&quot;Co-Winner of the 2014 Bronze Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book Awards&quot;</b><br /><br /><b>&quot;One of The Motley Fools (John Reeves) 10 Great Books on American Economic History 2014&quot;</b><br /><br /><b>&quot;One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best History Books of 2013&quot;</b><br /><br /><b>&quot;One of Bloomberg News Top Business Books of 2013&quot;</b><br /><br /><b>&quot;One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of the Year for 2013 in Business and Economics&quot;</b><br /><br /><b>&quot;One of Bloomberg/Businessweek Best Books of 2013, as selected individually by Fredrik Erixon, Scott Minerd, Olli Rehn and Alan Greenspan&quot;</b><br /><br /><b>&quot;Featured in The Sunday Times 2013 Holiday Roundup&quot;</b><br /><br /><b>&quot;Shortlisted for the 2013 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards in Finance &amp;amp; Economics&quot;</b><br /><br /><b>&quot;Honorable Mention for the 2014 Arthur Ross Book Award, Council on Foreign Relations&quot;</b>
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  THE BATTLE OF BRETTON WOODS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2013 by Benn Steil
  
  
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  Steil, Benn.
  
  
  The battle of Bretton Woods : John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the
  making of a new world order / Benn Steil.
  
  
  p. cm.
  
  
  “A Council on Foreign Relations Book.”
  
  
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
  
  ISBN 978-0-691-14909-7 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1. Monetary policy—History—20th
  century. 2. International finance—History—20th century. 3. United Nations
  Monetary and Financial Conference (1944 : Bretto