Merchants of Death

Merchants of death was an epithet used in the USA in the 1930s to attack industries and banks that supplied and funded the First World War (then called the Great War). Originally published in 1934, this book uses the term to expose the international arms industry at the time.

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1. Consider the Armament Maker 2. Merchant in Swaddling Clothes 3. Du Pont Patriot and Powder-Maker 4. American Musketeers 5. Second-Hand Death 6. Krupp The Cannon King 7. Automatic Death The Story of Maxim's Machine Gun 8. Super-Salesman of Death 9. Stepmother of Parliament 10. Seigneur De Schneider 11. The Eve of the World War The Arms Merchants 12. The World War The War in Europe 13. The World War Enter Old Glory 14. Plus Ça Change 15. The Menace of Disarmament 16. From Konbo to Hotchkiss 17. Status Quo 18. The Outlook. Notes and References. Bibliography. Index.