#2865
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The great illusion

Book • 1910
In 'The Great Illusion,' Norman Angell argues that the economic costs of war are so high that no nation can hope to gain from it.

He contends that modern economic systems, based on trade and contract law, make war futile because conquest does not lead to economic benefits.

The book refutes the common belief that military power results in greater wealth and instead posits that advanced economies can only generate value in the absence of military conflicts.

Angell also discusses the psychological and moral aspects of war, emphasizing that the nature of modern capitalism makes nationalist sentiment among capitalists irrelevant.

Despite its publication just before World War I, which seemed to contradict his thesis, the book remains a significant work in the field of international relations and peace studies.

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Peter Thiel
when discussing books that predicted or explained the current political moment.
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Peter Thiel
as a pre-World War I book that argued against the possibility of a world war due to economic interconnectedness.
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as a pre-World War I book that argued against the possibility of a world war due to economic interdependence, ultimately proven wrong.
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David Runciman
in the context of discussing the impact of tariffs on British politics.
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erwähnt Norman Angell im Zusammenhang mit der Interdependenz-Theorie und der Idee, dass wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeiten zu Frieden führen.
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Peter Joseph
as Norman Angel's claim that economic interdependence in Europe made war futile which was later disproven by World War I and World War II.
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Duncan Weldon
as a book that argued that great power war was essentially impossible due to financial and economic entanglement, written three years before World War I.
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Conor Boyle
as a book that explores the economic aspects of war.
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Rob Vinnall
's views on the trade war, highlighting that a similar argument was made before World War I.
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Gav
as a book that advocates for pro-trade to stop war.
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Conor Boyle
in relation to the discussion on the long period of peace.
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Peter Thiel
when discussing the book's thesis on the unlikelihood of a world war due to economic interconnectedness.
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Philip Coggan
as a famous book before the First World War, arguing that war was too economically damaging.
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Peter Lachnit
als ein Buch, das argumentiert, dass Globalisierung einen Krieg in Europa unmöglich mache.
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