Navy cloth binding withh gilt title on the spine.

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Please view our photographs. In the 1930s this book was extensively used by Winston Churchill. The History of Reparations by Carl Bergmann provides an authoritative, insider’s perspective on the hyper-inflationary financial obligations imposed on Germany by the Allied powers following the First World War. 

As a primary representative and expert who was intimately involved in the post-WW1 Weimar Republic negotiations, Bergmann details the complex economic realities and immense political friction of the 1920s. The 333-page text specifically covers.

• The Treaty of Versailles legal frameworks and initial Allied demands.
• The technical mechanics and severe fallout of transferring vast financial sums across international borders.
• The series of contentious international financial conferences and the subsequent implementation of the Dawes Plan.
• Crucial revisions made exclusively for this 1927 English printing, incorporating economic data up to the conclusion of the second reparation year on 31 August 1926.

Retail Market Valuation

A well-preserved, very good condition 1st edition copy commands an active valuation between £40 and £45, calculated directly from live global specialist listings.