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... economic set back . The committee concluded that , despite all its evils and horrors , war was no worse than the type of des- potism that sought to prevent a people from working out their own economic destiny . Gompers , preferring the ...
... economic set back . The committee concluded that , despite all its evils and horrors , war was no worse than the type of des- potism that sought to prevent a people from working out their own economic destiny . Gompers , preferring the ...
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... economic changes that a new war would entail . While army planners accordingly proceeded on the frank assumption of militarist controls over the national life and economy in the event of war , antimilitarist liberals strove to avert the ...
... economic changes that a new war would entail . While army planners accordingly proceeded on the frank assumption of militarist controls over the national life and economy in the event of war , antimilitarist liberals strove to avert the ...
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... economic interest of those who supply them with arms and munitions can- not be expected to make for peace . ' 47 Former President Hoover , in an address delivered before the Council on Foreign Relations at Chicago early in 1939 ...
... economic interest of those who supply them with arms and munitions can- not be expected to make for peace . ' 47 Former President Hoover , in an address delivered before the Council on Foreign Relations at Chicago early in 1939 ...
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The AngloAmerican Heritage | 3 |
The Founding Fathers Reaffirm Civil Supremacy | 18 |
The Defeat of the Federalist Military Plans | 32 |
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