Talk to the issue of Woodrow Wilson’s project to enlarge America’s financial hegemony at the expense of Great Britain and the other European powers.ħ. What numbers stood out to you during your research?Ħ. Your book gives a lot of weight to the financial machinations of the war. You discuss how the financial heart of the world shifted from London to New York. Talk to the connection with the Federal Reserve, JP Morgan refinancing the war.Ĥ.

What was happening on the frontlines in 1916? What political and economic forces were shaping the events on the ground?ģ. Why begin the book with 1916 and not 1914?Ģ. He is with us this evening to discuss his magnificent: The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931.ġ. The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy, and Statistics and the German state 1900-1945: The making of modern economic knowledge, myriad articles, reviews, and the recipient of several important academic prizes. Professor Tooze is perhaps the foremost historian of modern Germany, the author of The Wages of Destruction. He teaches all areas of modern German History, twentieth century economic history, social theory and the philosophy of history. Biggs Professor of History at Yale University and Director of International Security Studies at Yale University.

The Deluge The Great War and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931ĭr.

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