Article: The Economic Weapon In the War Against Germany (1918) by Alfred Zimmern, a central British strategist: Zimmern, Sir Alfred Eckhard (1879-1957) Lecturer in Ancient History, New College, Oxford University (1903); Fellow and tutor, New College (1904-09); staff inspector, Board of Education (1912-15); member, Political Intelligence Department, Foreign Office (1918-19); Wilson Professor of International Politics, University College of Wales (1919-21); professor of International Relations, Oxford University (1930-44); co-founder, Royal Institute of International Affairs (1919); London RT Group (1913-1920s). Zimmern was educated by German scholars and in Germany of antiquity like Wilamowitz and Meyer, the latter again the main influence for Oswald Spengler Publications: The Greek Commonwealth The Third British Empire The League of Nations and the rule of law, 1918-1935 The Economic Weapon Against Germany, London: Allen & Unwin, (1918)