Arraya: Regarding the Great Depression setting the conditions for WWII: There is much to that. I read a quote somewhere regarding the 1930s that said, “America chose the future, Italy chose the past and Germany chose oblivion”.[/quote]
Try “The Great Transformation” by economic historian Karl Polyani. The book was written in 1944. It’s actually quite a famous book in social sciences circles. He actually cites both world wars as a consequence of economic collapses.
