I think it's also worth looking at how the French aristocracy ruined themselves supporting what became the United States in the American Revolution. In order t

I think it's also worth looking at how the French aristocracy ruined themselves supporting what became the United States in the American Revolution. In order to even have a theory about why there was a Great Depression in the first place is extremely difficult. IMO, WWII directly was caused by the Depression among other things. This being said, Pershing held that the end of WWI happened in a way that made another war inevitable in a generation, and this prediction was borne out.