Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Introduction: Money and Security 1
7. PART ONE. The European Center: Sterling, the Dollar , and Security Before World War I
8. 1. Money, Empire, and Prewar Security 29
9. 2. Wartime Security and Monetary Exchange in the Great War 45
10. 3. Restoring Sterling, Commerce, and Security after World War I 55
11. PART TWO. The United States Moves to the Center: Dollar Primacy and American National Security
12. 4. Money and Cooperative Security, the Interwar Years, and World War II 75
13. 5. Cold War and the Bretton Woods Years 93
14. 6. Sustaining Dollar Primacy— From Bretton Woods to Managed Flexibility 113
15. 7. The Dollar, the Euro, and Cooperative Security 132
16. Conclusion: Money and Cooperative Security 153
17. Notes 165
18. Bibliography 189
19. Index 207