tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post2331063043517104111..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Lives and Treasure: What World War I Cost the United Statessnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-37572585710687871342016-09-05T00:58:57.198-07:002016-09-05T00:58:57.198-07:00Unfortunately, war is always a boom for the econom...Unfortunately, war is always a boom for the economy. It mobilizes a nation for a unified purpose. It gets the economy producing war materials and support stocks to a much greater degree. It then eats up materials that are expended and need to be replaced. It inflames the minds of youth to visions of glory and allows politicians to feed on this. BUT this is ONLY true IF it is not fought on YOUR David John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-55420209515193348842016-07-24T21:44:47.444-07:002016-07-24T21:44:47.444-07:00Actually....quite a few flu fatalities are buried ...Actually....quite a few flu fatalities are buried overseas.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920046092004136754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-87859562040283347392016-07-23T17:51:35.220-07:002016-07-23T17:51:35.220-07:00Entering the war solved an economic problem for Pr...Entering the war solved an economic problem for President Wilson, because the domestic situation was headed for recession. The war was a boon for American farmers and factories.<br /><br />Robert Warwick<br /><br />RHWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962849413699263665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-46240343634868172032016-07-23T15:43:48.209-07:002016-07-23T15:43:48.209-07:00Generally, it is said that 50-55 thousand American...Generally, it is said that 50-55 thousand Americans died in combat and a comparable number died of the flu. Presumably, those who died of flu were not buried in the battlefield cemeteries. Graves in those American cemeteries total about 85 thousand. One wonders how accurate the figures are. I have read (can't remember where) that in 1930 the VA did a survey and concluded that more than esbuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850870210314430078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-27547669471060773372016-07-23T13:08:46.404-07:002016-07-23T13:08:46.404-07:00A most interesting post and worthy of further thou...A most interesting post and worthy of further thought. I am certainly no economist, but prior to 1914, the "financial capital of the world" was London. At some point during the war, and certainly post WWI, that shifted to New York, where it has remained. JA Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288533606149301232noreply@blogger.com