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Keynes foresaw the chaos that would follow from the Versailles peace treaty
- hodgesrm 7y agoThis is an excellent review. It's always amazing to me how some people seem to get the big picture right. Also, it's clear that the Americans learned from Versailles and did far better at reconstruction after WW II.
- torstenvl 7y ago> The book was also wildly controversial for its assessments of the capacity of Germany to pay the reparations demanded by the victorious Allied powers. I don't think it's helpful for a review to make these kind of oblique references. It would be more helpful to tell the reader what that assessment was. I won't attribute intent to the author, but it comes across as though the review is only intended to be read by people who have already read the book.
- chmaynard 7y agoIt's an opinion piece, not a white paper. Take what's useful to you and dive deeper to see if you agree with the author's conclusions.