Historians who study world wars have a battle of their own. It’s a debate over how influential industrialization and capitalism were as both a cause and effect of the wars. You recently read an article that outlined some of the causes of World War I, which included militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Industrialized nations needed a reliable source of raw materials along with new markets in order to sell their mass-produced goods. This then led to these nations taking over other areas of the world (imperialism). Most of the industrialized nations also followed capitalist economic principles—people owned private businesses for profit. Governments reaped the rewards of these private businesses in the form of taxes. But for the most part, they were hesitant to regulate these businesses too much
The Iraq War is considered a controversy because it was based on the argument that Iraq was stockpiling WMDs. However, when American-led coalition forces invaded no WMDs were found.
