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The Germs of War

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The Germs of War (1916)
by Scott Nearing

No. 24 in the Rip-Saw series. Not part of Nearing's later Oil and the Germs of War

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Rip-Saw Series No. 24
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The
Germs of
War

A Study in Preparedness

BY

SCOTT NEARING

Published and Copyrighted by
The National Rip-Saw Publishing Company
Saint Louis, Missouri
1916

43

page

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1916, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.


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