Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-210) and index.
Contents:
History lessons : Woodrow Wilson's idealism and the rise of the League of Nations -- On sleepwalkers and alcoholism : government corruption and the secret of Room '29 -- Circus animals and trainers : Marxist lessons and the truth about The World -- The seductions of capitalism : fortune telling, Ponzi schemes, and the magnificent Marthe Hanau -- On Matthew O'Connor's neurasthenia and the wolf in Grandma's clothes -- The fall of the League of Nations : bad loans, bank closures, and Felix's old masters -- Déjà vu : the gold standard, the New Deal, and the audacity of Swope -- Herbert Bayard Swope and the end of The World.
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