“He writes with more caution and less indignation than Keynes but his conclusion is essentially the same.”
+ Booklist 17:139 Ja ’21
“It is straight history, instead of being, like Keynes’s book, a blend of history, literary satire and propaganda.”
+ Ind 103:442 D 25 ’20 120w
“Though Mr Baruch is still somewhat under the influence of the pall of Paris, he lifts something of the veil of secrecy, and when he does he speaks with authority, and not as the journalists. It is an invaluable contribution.” L. S. G.
+ − Nation 111:506 N 3 ’20 1200w
Reviewed by Alvin Johnson
New Repub 25:21 D 1 ’20 1550w
“Mr Baruch seeks to explain, rather than to defend—which is the more enlightening method. His simplicity, candor, and restraint let the reader in to an apprehension of the true facts as he sees them. Where is it, then, that Mr Baruch’s conception of the relations of men and nations fails us and dismays us? Because he counts too low the significance of words. Mr Baruch comforts himself that the parts of the treaty which he hates not less than I do are empty because they are impossible, and harmless because they can never happen. But they have wounded, nevertheless, the public faith of Europe.” J. M. Keynes