The Senate munitions inquiry of the 1930s : beyond the merchants of death
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The Senate munitions inquiry of the 1930s : beyond the merchants of death
（Contributions in American history, no. 177）
Greenwood Press, 1997
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Bibliography: p. [173]-178
Includes index
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Description
The Munitions Inquiry, often called the Nye Committee after its chairperson, Senator Gerald Nye, critically examined the pre-World War II military-industrial complex of government agencies, corporations, labor unions, and financial institutions. Cold War-era historians typically presented the inquiry as a naive isolationist search for evil arms dealers who caused wars. Going beyond the concept of the Merchants of Death theory and into the social, intellectual, political, and cultural currents of the 1930s, Coulter expands the dimensions of a topic formerly framed within the narrow confines of isolationism and internationalism. In addition, he shows how the committee's 19th-century values and progressive idealism were unsuited to an era dominated by Hitler and Mussolini. In divesting the Munitions Inquiry of its image as an historical oddity, this book recovers a piece of American history that had been a casualty of World War II and the Cold War.
Table of Contents
Preface
Perspectives on the Munitions Inquiry and the Interwar Years
The Formation of the Munitions Committee, August 1933 to August 1934
The Roosevelt Administration, the Du Ponts, and the First Munitions Hearings, August 1934 to December 1934
Examining the Du Ponts, December 1934 to January 1935
Shipbuilding and War Profits: Discovering the Impact of Total War in Modern Society, January 1935 to April 1935
From the Early Thirties to the Later Thirties: Crossing the Divide, April 1935 to January 1936
The Munitions Committee in a New World: Examining World War I Finance, January 1936 to February 1936
Beyond the Merchants of Death: Recovering the History of the Munitions Committee
Selected Bibliography
Index
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