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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Events
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Quotes
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Manuscript page / book excerpt (house oversight document)
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Summary
This document is page 154 of a manuscript or book, bearing a House Oversight Bates stamp. It discusses the historical impact of military technology on warfare, drawing parallels between the 'guns x machines' era of WWI and modern 'networks x weapons.' It cites historical examples including the Peloponnesian War and quotes from Siegfried Sassoon and an anecdote about Hiram Maxim.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Siegfried Sassoon | Poet |
Quoted at the beginning of the page regarding the horrors of war.
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| Gatling | Inventor |
Mentioned as having a 'naïve' hope that his weapon (Gatling gun) would stop war.
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| Maxim | Inventor |
Competitor to Gatling; described as 'clearer eyed' regarding the profitability of war.
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| Thucydides | Historian |
Referenced as chronicling the destruction of Melos in 'The Peloponesian Wars'.
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| John Ellis | Author |
Cited in footnote 227 for 'A Social History of the Machine Gun'.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| House Oversight Committee |
Indicated by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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| Dover Publications |
Publisher of the Sassoon poems cited in footnote 226.
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| Pantheon |
Publisher of the John Ellis book cited in footnote 227.
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Locations (5)
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Mentioned in the context of WWI armies.
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Mediterranean island mentioned as a historical example of destruction.
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Mentioned as the aggressor against Melos.
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Location of Dover Publications.
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Location of Pantheon publisher.
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Key Quotes (4)
"Sneak home and pray you’ll never know / The hell where youth and laughter go."Source
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"Give up your chemistry and electricity. If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable those Europeans to cut each others' throats with greater facility."Source
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Quote #2
"Networks x weapons = what exactly?"Source
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Quote #3
"Surely you have noticed that you are an island and we control the ocean"Source
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Quote #4
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