Editing Nye Committee (section)

{{Short description|1930s U.S. Senate committee that investigated war profiteering}}
[[Image:Gerald Nye.jpg|frame|right|Senator Gerald Nye (R-North Dakota), Head of the Senate Munitions Investigating Committee]]

The '''Nye Committee''', officially known as the '''Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry''', was a [[United States Senate]] committee (April 12, 1934 – February 24, 1936), chaired by U.S. Senator [[Gerald Nye]] (R-ND). The committee investigated the financial and banking interests that underlay the [[United States]]' involvement in [[World War I]] and the operations and profits of the industrial and commercial firms supplying munitions to the Allies and to the United States. It was a significant factor in public and political support for American neutrality in the early stages of [[World War II]].<ref>Herman, Arthur (2012). ''Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II,'' pp. 6, 12, 79, New York: Random House. {{ISBN|978-1400069644}}.</ref><ref>Stuart D. Brandes (2015). ''Warhogs: A History of War Profits in America'', pp. 210–225. {{ISBN?}}</ref>