Dilemmas of the Dollar: Economics and Politics of United States International Monetary Policy

by C. Fred Bergsten

Overview

An examination of the role of the dollar in the global financial system which presents a long-term historical perspective on the international monetary system in this century. The main focus is on the evaluation of the global financial system in the post-war period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315491073
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/28/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	616
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

C. Fred Bergsten

Table of Contents

This book provides a fresh approach to understanding the American combat soldier's experience in Vietnam. It integrates such topics as the political culture, the experiences of training, the actual Vietnam experience, and the 'homecoming', and offers a remarkable overview of the 870,000 'grunts' who bore the brunt of the fighting in the jungles and highlands of South Vietnam, and eventually Cambodia and Laos. The book addresses many of the stereotypes of the Vietnam combat veteran that have been perpetrated in popular culture, and also considers how Vietnam veterans have been commemorated through memorials and other means, and how the veterans remember each other. Coverage also includes women who served in or near the front lines as well as on the home front. The author draws on memoirs and oral histories including his personal interviews with veterans, but the book conveys a picture of the Vietnam combat soldier's experience far more powerful than what individual memoirs can provide.

Editorial Reviews

An analysis of what the dollar's role as the world's leading currency has meant for the U.S. economy during the last five decades. Presents different scenarios for international monetary reform and assesses their respective implications for the United States. Bergsten, the Director of the Institute for International Economics, makes the case for explicit target zones that would be managed by international policy coordination under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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