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John Maynard Keynes was an economist and part of the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He had high hopes for a new post-war order but when he realized what Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd-George and Woodrow Wilson were planing, he resigned from the conference. And then wrote a book about it: The Economic Consequences of the Peace became a bestseller and is one of the best known critiques of the Versailles Treaty.
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Demps, Lorenz and Materna, Ingo (eds.). Geschichte Berlins von den Anfängen bis 1945. Berlin, 1987.
Eichengreen, Barry. Golden Fetters. The Gold Standard and the Great Depression 1919-1939. New York 1995.
Horn. Britain, France and the Financing of the First World War, 2002.
Hudson, Michael. “Trade, Development, and Foreign Debt: Volume 2.” Pluto Press, London, 1992.
Hudson, Michael. “Superimperialism: The Origins and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance.” Pluto Press, London 2003.
Keynes, John Maynard. “The Economic Consequences of the Peace.” Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1919.
Kinzer, Stephen. “The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire.” St. Martin's Griffin, 2018
Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. 1960.
Skidelsky, Robert. “John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman.” Penguin Books, New York, New York, 2003.
Skidelsky, Robert. “John Maynard Keynes Volume I—Hopes Betrayed.” Penguin Books, New York, 1983.
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John Maynard Keynes was an economist and part of the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He had high hopes for a new post-war order but when he realized what Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd-George and Woodrow Wilson were planing, he resigned from the conference. And then wrote a book about it: The Economic Consequences of the Peace became a bestseller and is one of the best known critiques of the Versailles Treaty.
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Demps, Lorenz and Materna, Ingo (eds.). Geschichte Berlins von den Anfängen bis 1945. Berlin, 1987.
Eichengreen, Barry. Golden Fetters. The Gold Standard and the Great Depression 1919-1939. New York 1995.
Horn. Britain, France and the Financing of the First World War, 2002.
Hudson, Michael. “Trade, Development, and Foreign Debt: Volume 2.” Pluto Press, London, 1992.
Hudson, Michael. “Superimperialism: The Origins and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance.” Pluto Press, London 2003.
Keynes, John Maynard. “The Economic Consequences of the Peace.” Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1919.
Kinzer, Stephen. “The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire.” St. Martin's Griffin, 2018
Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. 1960.
Skidelsky, Robert. “John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman.” Penguin Books, New York, New York, 2003.
Skidelsky, Robert. “John Maynard Keynes Volume I—Hopes Betrayed.” Penguin Books, New York, 1983.
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»CREDITS
Presented by: Jesse Alexander
Written by: Jesse Alexander
Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig
Director of Photography: Toni Steller
Sound: Toni Steller
Editing: Toni Steller
Motion Design: Philipp Appelt
Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: above-zero.com
Maps: Daniel Kogosov (patreon.com/Zalezsky)
Research by: Jesse Alexander
Fact checking: Florian Wittig
Channel Design: Alexander Clark
Original Logo: David van Stephold
Contains licensed material by getty images
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