The myth of Civilization s against Barbarism. The economic war between England and Germany. The struggle for markets, for colonies. Effects of protectionism in the European countries economies. The role of international finance.
Capitalist groups rivalries.
Then, how a policy of economic co-operation and solidarity could have avoided the catastrophe. Demography has an important place in the origins of the war. In one century the European population went from 180 to 450 millions. Industrialism stimulated population growth. Germany, cut-off, could not feed 70 million inhabitants.