Merchants of death
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Merchants of death is a pejorative term that refers primarily to the arms industry, and sometimes to international bankers. The term originated during the Great Depression, following the devastation o
1935 lithograph titled Merchants of Death by socialist printmaker Mabel Dwight
British arms dealer Basil Zaharoff
American politician Gerald Nye who rose to fame by investigating "merchants of death"
Nye Committee
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The Nye Committee, officially known as the Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry, was a United States Senate committee, chaired by U.S. Senator Gerald Nye. The committee investi
Merchants of death
…later birth of the term, the allegations of conspiracy that were widely alleged under the moniker merchants of death were found to be baseless by the Nye Committee and subsequent investigations. The term became popular once again during the Vietnam War at the same time that the similar phrase military-industrial…
Senator Gerald Nye (R-North Dakota), head of the Senate Munitions Investigating Committee