466 A BRIEF SURVEY OF HUMAN HISTORY
DIRECT WAR EXPENDITURE IN DOLLARS

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Japan & Greece i= 1,000,000,000

Turkey & Bulgaria = 3,000,000,000

Belgium, Roumania, Portugal & Jugo-Slavia = 5,000,000,000

Italy = 13,000,000,000

Austria-Hungary = 21,000,000,000

U.S.A, •= 22,000,000,000

France •= 26,000,000,000

Br. Empire i= 38,000,000,000

Germany •= 39,000,000,000

Total

N. B.-This does not include value of property destroyed;
yet it works out at 2,000 dollars for every mile of the distance
from the Earth to the Sun! The total cost of all the wars during
a century from 1815-1914 was only about $ 25,000,000,000.