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Trade in War
MIT political scientist Mariya Grinberg’s new book, “Trade in War,” examines why warring countries keep trading with each other.
Grinberg explores this topic in a groundbreaking new book, the first one on the subject, “ Trade in War: Economic Cooperation Across Enemy Lines,” published this month by Cornell University Press. But as of 1917, German planners thought the introduction of unrestricted submarine warfare would bring the war to a halt in their favor within a few months, so they approved the dye exports. At the same time, Grinberg thinks there is much more that scholars could learn specifically about trade and economic relations among warring countries — and hopes her book will spur additional work on the subject.
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