> The Great Illusion isn't wrong. Economic interdependency is a deterrent to war. It's just that its not a very good one, The premise of The Great Illusion is

> The Great Illusion isn't wrong. Economic interdependency is a deterrent to war. It's just that its not a very good one, The premise of The Great Illusion is that international trade is a very good deterrent to war. The book doesn't argue that it's an 'okay-ish' deterrent to war, it claimed that WW1 was extremely unlikely to occur and that if it did, it would be over quickly. Not only did WW1 happen, so did WW2 a few years later. Neither war was short, and even more and bloodier wars after WW2 would have been a damn good bet if not for the invention of nuclear bombs.