Note 19 — Chapter II · THE OLD ECONOMY AND THE POST-WAR STATE
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The Foundations of International Policy pp. xxiii-xxiv.
It is true, of course, that Governments were for their armies and navies and public departments considerable purchasers in the international market. But the general truth of the distinction here made is unaffected. The difference in degree, in this respect, between the pre-war and post-war state in so great as to make a difference of kind. The dominant motive for State action has been changed.