Navy cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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Book Overview

• Title: The Truth about Reparations and War-Debts
• Author: David Lloyd George (former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
• Original Publication Year: 1932 (First Edition)
• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd., London
• Language: English 

Physical Specifications & Format

• Format: Hardback (typically bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine)
• Pagination: 150 pages (includes an index)
• Size: 8vo (Octavo). The spine height is roughly 8.25 inches (21 cm), meaning a “5.6 inch” measurement most likely refers to the width of the book cover. 

Context & Content

Written during the height of the Great Depression, this non-fiction historical text finds Lloyd George fiercely criticizing the post-World War I financial settlements. Although he was a primary architect of the Treaty of Versailles, he uses this book to argue that heavy German reparations and international war debts were actively destabilizing the global economy and driving systemic unemployment. He ultimately calls for these debts to be completely abandoned to prevent future conflict.