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ADVANCE IN INVENTION: ITS RELATION TO WORLD PEACE

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A YEAR after the outbreak of the present War the results were published of a study of the causes of the failure to preserve peace. The members of the study group are described as mainly officers of international organizations with headquarters at Geneva, meeting unofficially and able therefore to contribute to the discussion without reserve. The publication was issued under the authority of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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JONES, D. ADVANCE IN INVENTION: ITS RELATION TO WORLD PEACE. Nature 149, 542–544 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149542a0

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