John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain 1937 - 1946

John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain 1937 - 1946

by RobertSkidelsky (Author)

Synopsis

This is the third and final volume of this biography. Dealing with the period from 1937, when Keynes had become the most famous economist and one of the most famous figures in Britain, to his death in 1946, this volume focuses on Keynes contribution to the financing of Britain's war effort, the building of the post-war economic order, and his role in the "other" war - Britain's struggle to preserve its independence within the Atlantic Alliance.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 608
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Papermac
Published: 26 Oct 2001

ISBN 10: 0333779711
ISBN 13: 9780333779712
Prizes: Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Book Prizes: Biography 2002 and Duff Cooper Prize 2001.

Media Reviews
'Nobody who wants to understand one of the most extraordinary Englishmen of his time can do without this biography' E.J. Hobsbawm 'Robert Skidelsky has devoted 20 years to his life of John Maynard Keynes and, with this, the third volume of a biography of Proustian proportions, he has demonstrated that the whole enterprise was worth every ounce of the struggle.' William Keegan, Observer 'This is a throughly fair-minded book, diligently researched and elegantly written. It crowns the edifice of one of the outstanding biographical enterprises of our time... It hides little or nothing, enabling us to understand far more about one of the giants of the 20th century.' Anthony Howard, Management Today
Author Bio
Robert Skidelsky is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His books include Politicians and the Slump, Oswald Mosley and The World After Communism, as well as the two previous bestselling volumes of his biography of John Maynard Keynes.