Originally published in 1971. This book examines reparations in Germany following the First World War. Financial reparation was the most difficult and dangerous of the conditions imposed upon Germany by the Versailles Treaty. The amount of reparations - three times the country's annual income - was beyond Germany's capacity to pay. The United States, by insisting on the payment of Allied war debts, forced the Allies in turn to insist on reparations. Postwar polemics concentrated on German aggression and war crimes, but the real issue was the damage done to the world's economic mechanism. In the end all nations suffered, including the United States.

Book Information
ISBN 9781421435510
Author David Felix
Format Paperback
Page Count 226
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 340g