The Mobilisation of Minds and the Crisis in International Science: The Krieg der Geister and the Manifesto of the 93Footnote^*

* This essay derives from an invited paper given to the 25th anniversary meeting of the Journal of War and Culture Studies, held in London in June 2015, and from research supported by the Australian Research Council.

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