The Senate Nye Investigation Committee insisted that the US had been maneuvered into WW I by "merchants of death," industries that benefited from the war because it meant profits from the sale of their products to the government. The DuPont Corporation was one such business singled out by Senator Nye. He claimed the corporations considered profit over the death of American servicemen. The conclusion by the Nye Committee was popularized at the time by the book, The Road to War, by Walter Millis, published in 1935.
The Nye investigations, conducted by Senator Gerald Nye in the 1930s, primarily sought to examine the financial and political motivations behind U.S. involvement in World War I. The assumptions underlying the investigations included the belief that munitions manufacturers and financial institutions had unduly influenced the U.S. government's decision to enter the war for profit. The conclusions drawn suggested that these entities played a significant role in promoting war for their own economic gain, leading to public outrage and a strong isolationist sentiment in the interwar period. Ultimately, the investigations aimed to hold accountable those who profited from war and to promote a more cautious U.S. foreign policy.
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Ben Nye's birth name is Benjamin Emmet Nye.
Carrie Nye's birth name is Carolyn Nye McGeoy.
Carroll Nye's birth name is Nye, Robert Carroll.
Simon Nye's birth name is Simon Beresford Nye.
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Andy Nye was born on 8 April 1959
Bill Nye was born on November 27, 1955
Senator Gerald Nye held hearings to look into why the US got involved in WWI in the mid 1930s. His committee came to the conclusions that sales of weapons and loans by American businesses and banks led to these industries pushing the US into war. Accordingly, Nye's committee's findings were used to justify isolationism and trade bans/Neutrality Acts in the mid 1930s, keeping the US out of WWII for a longer amount of time than they likely would have without these acts.