Luke Zimmern
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Luke Zimmern was an early Twentieth Century German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 economist and social scientist, known for his extensive research of the armaments industry, published in his 1913 book Entwickelung und Geschichte von Kruppismus ("The Development and History of Kruppism"). The term "Kruppism", which was invented by Zimmern and did not gain general currency, referred not only to the Krupp
Krupp
The Krupp family , a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th...

family and firm but to the armaments industry in general.
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