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27 Capitalism, armament race and arms trade, Yves Grenet.txt

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-Chapter 27 Capitalism, armament race and arms trade, Yves Grenet
+\chapter{Capitalism, armament race and arms trade}
 
+\chapterauthor{Yves GRENET}
 
 
 Capitalism has always maintained close ties with the works of death.
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 These were modernized in 1776 by the inspector general of artillery Jean-Baptiste de Gribeauval:
 the cannons of which he gave the model will equip all the armies of the Revolution and the Empire.
 
-The wars that followed one another from 1792 to 1815 led to an arms race that reached volumes that were out of all proportion to those common in conflicts under the Ancien Régime.
+The wars that followed one another from 1792 to 1815 led to an arms race that reached volumes that were out of all proportion to those common in conflicts under the Old Regime.
 The France being besieged by all the monarchies of Europe, the Jacobin Republic set up the Subsistence Commission which gave priority to armies.
 The country became a powerful military store to supply them.
 At the beginning of the war, contracts with the state were awarded by auction and only financial companies had the necessary capital.
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 The “cavalry of Saint George”, which British capitalism has always been able to make good use of, especially if it is accompanied by arms deliveries, makes it possible to win wars.
 
 
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 \section{Development of capitalism and armaments during the nineteenth century}
 
 Capitalism continued to flourish after the Congress of Vienna of 1814-1815.
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 Exports of major conventional arms by capitalist countries from 1982 to 1990 (in millions of constant US dollars in 1985)
 
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 It would be good if the twenty-first century did not constitute a bloody new century or that it did not end prematurely with a nuclear catastrophe that is always possible in today's world. 
 The answer does not belong to the masters of armaments, it belongs to the peoples.
 
-Yves Grenet
+\rauthor{Yves Grenet}
 
 Yves Grenet is an economist. He heads the National Committee for Independence and Development (CNID). He is a former member of the presidency of the World Peace Council.