Books by Alfred E. Eckes

How the quest for secure and stable supplies of industrial materials has been an important underlying theme of international relations and American diplomacy.

Based on extensive research in previously unavailable sources, A Search for Solvency relates intriguing and often complicated issues of economic analysis and diplomatic history.

In trade policy, as in many other areas of public policy, decision makers often confront present and future problems with little understanding of how similar disputes were resolved in the past. Too often, busy public officials had no time to write or record negotiating histories. Revisiting U.S.

Focusing on the dynamics of globalization since the 1980s, the book views economic developments historically, explaining how the main motors of change work and how we can discern their effects in the world today. The book explains how structural imbalances, policy mistakes, and excesses led to the financial crisis of 2007-2010.