The Long Shadow of Default: Britain's Unpaid War Debts to the United States, 1917-2020

by David James Gill

Book Overview

Rethinking the causes and consequences of Britain's default on its First World War debts to the United States of America

The Long Shadow of Default focuses on an important but neglected example of sovereign default between two of the wealthiest and most powerful democracies in modern history. The United Kingdom accrued considerable financial debts to the United States during and immediately after the First World War. In 1934,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300247184
• ISBN13: 9780300247183
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"