The pre-WWI world was deeply connected through globalization (finance and trade), but despite predictions that war would be economically irrational (Norman Angell's 'The Great Illusion,' 1910), war happened anyway, suggesting that globalization does not prevent conflict.
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“Norman Angel um wrote this book the great illusion...it was this bestseller sold books around the world...the great illusion was that there could be a World War and there could not be a World War because everybody would lose”
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