The dominant mode of analysis of the great confrontations of the twentieth century is to reduce great power struggles to economics. In this account, Germany was defeated both times by the combined economic and industrial might of the Allies, and the Soviet Union abandoned the struggle in the late-1980s because it could no longer keep up economically with the Western powers. The most refined version of this case for World War II may be found in the work of Mark Harrison and collaborators. See in particular,
The Competitive Learning Theory of War
The Competitive Learning Theory of War
The Competitive Learning Theory of War
The dominant mode of analysis of the great confrontations of the twentieth century is to reduce great power struggles to economics. In this account, Germany was defeated both times by the combined economic and industrial might of the Allies, and the Soviet Union abandoned the struggle in the late-1980s because it could no longer keep up economically with the Western powers. The most refined version of this case for World War II may be found in the work of Mark Harrison and collaborators. See in particular,