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Helmuth Carol Engelbrecht (January 15, 1895 – October 8, 1939) was an American writer.


Biography

Engelbrecht studied at the
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before completing his doctorate on
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at
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in 1932. In 1934, while an instructor at the
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, he wrote ''Merchants of Death'', a study on the weapons industry, together with F. C. Hanighen. His book was followed by the ''Revolt Against War'' (1937), an anti-war book. Engelbrecht died in 1939 from a
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while travelling by train from
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to
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20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers American anti-war activists American social sciences writers Writers from Chicago University of Chicago alumni Columbia University alumni 1895 births 1939 deaths Historians from Illinois 20th-century American male writers {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub