ARMAND VAN DORMAEL joined the American company Sears, Roebuck in 1949 and was appointed head of the European buying organization with headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. He thus acquired over 25 years direct experience of international trade. The monetary crises of the 1970s led him to search for a rational analysis of the structure of international finance. His book Bretton Woods: Birth of a Monetary System became a standard reference, described by The Economist as absorbing ... an intriguing story and by the THES as the best scholarly work on the subject.

• The Power of Money - The Morganization of America - Germany Will Pay - Morgan's Solution - The Crash - The Wasted Years - Bretton Woods Revisited - The Americanization of Europe - The Eurodollar - Europe Unite - The EMU House of Cards - Banking in Wonderland - The Global Money Game - A Sisyphean Labyrinth - Notes - Index

ARMAND VAN DORMAEL joined the American company Sears, Roebuck in 1949 and was appointed head of the European buying organization with headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. He thus acquired over 25 years direct experience of international trade. The monetary crises of the 1970s led him to search for a rational analysis of the structure of international finance. His book Bretton Woods: Birth of a Monetary System became a standard reference, described by The Economist as absorbing ... an intriguing story and by the THES as the best scholarly work on the subject.

• The Power of Money - The Morganization of America - Germany Will Pay - Morgan's Solution - The Crash - The Wasted Years - Bretton Woods Revisited - The Americanization of Europe - The Eurodollar - Europe Unite - The EMU House of Cards - Banking in Wonderland - The Global Money Game - A Sisyphean Labyrinth - Notes - Index