Books: Dragons' Teeth

MERCHANTS OF DEATH—H. C. Engelbrecht & F. C. Hanighen—Dodd, Mead ($2.50).

IRON, BLOOD AND PROFITS—George Seldes—Harper ($2.50).

If, as shrewd Editor A. R. Orage (The New English Weekly) has said, modern civilization is a race between education and disaster, 1934 may clear away some handicapping hurdles from education's many-obstacled lane. Last March FORTUNE-readers gasped at a devastating exposure of the international armaments industry ("Arms and the Men"). Last fortnight appeared two books on the same subject, one of them (Merchants of Death) sponsored by the Book-of-the-Month Club. The Senate has authorized an...

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