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The hindenburg program of 1916: A central experiment in wartime planning

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Tooley, T.H. The hindenburg program of 1916: A central experiment in wartime planning. Quart J Austrian Econ 2, 51–62 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12113-999-1012-0

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