HOENIGER, ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GERMAN ARMED SERVICES (original) (raw)
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
NOTEBOOK “γ”
(“GAMMA”)
HOENIGER, ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GERMAN ARMED SERVICES
Professor Dr. Robert Hoeniger: Economic Significance of the German Armed Services, Leipzig, 1913. (Gehe-Stiftung Lectures, Vol. V, Part 2.)
| Banalities of a pro-militarist who seeks to provethat military expenditure is not a loss, for the moneyremains in the country and yields vast profits, thatmilitary service educates, strengthens, etc., etc. | ⎫⎬⎭ |
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A characteristic quotation:
| ...“The deputy Erzberger told the Reichstag (April 24,1912): ‘If the Minister of War were to satisfy all therequests for garrisons addressed to the War Department,he would have to ask for military appropriations sixtimes as large’”(p.18). |
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| | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | The petty bourgeoisie gains in all sorts of ways fromgarrisons. One of the reasons why militarism is popular! | | | | | |
Source References:
Wilhelm Ahr, The Armed Services and the National Economy
of the Great Powers During the Last Thirty Years,
Berlin, 1909.
Hartwig Schubart, The Relationship Between the National Economy and the National Defence Potential, Berlin, 1910.
Militärwochenblatt. Supplements: 90 (1902) and 10 (1904).
Fr. Braumann. The Economic Value of a Garrison, Magde-
burg, 1913.
Modern Civilisation, Part IV, Vol. 12 (Military Technique).