Stephen Hoye
Author
Language
English
Description
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
564 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Details how decisions made by the heads of four central banks--Montagu Norman of the Bank of England, Émile Moreau of the Banque de France, Hjalmar Schacht of the Reichsbank, and Benjamin Strong of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York--created the catalyst that lead to the Great Depression.