One of the biggest myths that people believe is that war is an economic stimulus. In fact, the US entry into World War II delayed the economic recovery from the

One of the biggest myths that people believe is that war is an economic stimulus. In fact, the US entry into World War II delayed the economic recovery from the Great Depression (and created conditions for a recession after the war). One of the reasons that Republicans were so opposed to entry into the war was because they (correctly) believed that it would delay the US economic recovery. Wars have never been correlated with economic growth.