The Ambassador from Wall Street

Edward M. Lamont

doi:10.5771/9781461699996

Summary

This is the first biography of the man who, as J.P. Morgan's CEO and the leading banker of his generation, helped establish U.S. economic policy through his broad-reaching financial, political and social connections.

Edward Lamont offers fresh insight into the turbulent period between the two world wars through this fascinating account of the life of the most influential banker of his era.

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Copyright year: 1993
ISBN-Print: 978-1-56833-018-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-9999-6
Publisher: Madison Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 564
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
1. Along the Hudson No access
2. "Hue Verite Pueri, Ut Viri Sitis" No access
3. Fair Harvard and Its Sons No access
4. Member of the Press No access
5. Perils of Business No access
6. Down a New Road No access
7. Mr. Morgan's Choice No access
8. The Money Trust Hearings No access
9. Changes at 23 Wall No access
1. Europe in Flames No access
2. Arming the Allies No access
3. Family Affairs No access
4. America Goes to War No access
5. Touring the Front No access
6. "The Whipping Post" No access
7. The Paris Peace Conference No access
8. Reparations No access
9. The Specter of Famine No access
10. Hard Bargaining No access
11. A German View, a View of Germany No access
12. The Allies Dispute and Entertain Each Other No access
13. Political Flak and Danger Signals No access
14. The Treaty of Versailles No access
15. Lobbying for the League No access
1. The Chinese Consortium No access
2. Case Closed No access
3. The Republicans Take Over No access
4. The Mexican Debt Dilemma No access
5. Financing European Recovery No access
6. A New Client No access
7. A Settlement Unravels No access
8. The Dawes Loan No access
9. New Loans and Bad Debts No access
10. The Good Life No access
11. Japan's Wall Street Friend No access
12. Banking on the Corner No access
13. Egyptian Kings, Past and Present No access
1. Domestic Affairs No access
2. Running With the Bulls No access
3. The Young Plan No access
4. Advice for the White House No access
5. The 1929 Crash No access
6. The International Inn and Other Diversions No access
7. Clash Between Friends No access
8. The Deepening Depression No access
9. Financial Disarray in Europe No access
10. The Senate Has Questions No access
11. Japan's First Target No access
12. Keeping New York Solvent and Florence Happy No access
13. Debate Over the Market No access
14. The Reparations-War Debt Minuet No access
15. Domestic Banking Crisis No access
1. Confrontation in Washington No access
2. Handling the Press No access
3. Holiday in England; Troubles in New York No access
4. Dealing with Dr. Schacht No access
5. The Lord of San Simeon and Other Acquaintances No access
6. Launching a New Enterprise No access
7. Senator Nye Attacks No access
8. The Mexican Muddle No access
9. A Question of History No access
10. A Royal Affair No access
11. South African Safari No access
12. The Senate Summons Again No access
13. Mussolini's Olive Branch No access
14. An After-Dinner Message No access
15. War in China No access
16. Partisan Passion No access
17. Richard Whitney's Shocker No access
1. Calm Before the Storm No access
2. Conflict Over Neutrality No access
3. New Look at the Corner No access
4. The War and American Politics No access
5. Menace on Both Oceans No access
6. From Pulpit Harbor to Pearl Harbor No access
7. On the Home Front No access
8. TWL II No access
9. A New Father-Son Team No access
10. Good Neighbor Policy No access
11. Pen in Hand No access
12. Reduce Speed No access
13. Letters to the Editor No access
14. "They Are Not Dead, Our Sons Who Fell in Glory" No access
15. Fitting the Final Pieces No access
16. Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream No access
Sources No access Pages 525 - 538
Bibliography No access Pages 539 - 548
Photo credits No access Pages 549 - 550
Index No access Pages 551 - 564