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
Senator Gerald Nye (R-North Dakota), head of the Senate Munitions Investigating Committee
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
Nye Committee
…state of war existed anywhere on the globe. These laws are now generally regarded as having aided the rise of Nazi Germany and were repealed in 1941. Merchants of death Military-industrial complex…
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"