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Mr. Baruch

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A biography of Bernard Baruch written in 1957 (before his 1965 death), this book reveals amazing facets of American history from just after the Civil War (it's hard to deal with the author's attitude toward the early KKK) in Camden, South Carolina, to the NYC financial world at the turn of the century where Baruch made his millions, through all the organization of US resources for WWI, which he managed, the Peace Treaty talks for which he was an economic advisor, and the painful aftermath of its rejection, along with the League of Nations, by the U.S., dooming us all to WWII, when Baruch was also an influential figure. The author is too non-critical and assumes the kind of detailed knowledge of the then-recent past that any educated adult would have had in the 50's, but which is long-gone now. Still, a fascinating study of economics, anti-semitism, and the condition of the South.

I enjoyed this book very much, as it is about a member of my family.