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It has been presented with factual evidence. I have seen no alternative explanation.
OK here is an article on causes of wwI.... economic reasons are among a whole network of other causes.
The causes of World War I, which began in central Europe in late July 1914, included intertwined factors, such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism played major roles in the conflict as well. The immediate origins of the war, however, lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the Crisis of 1914, casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip, an irredentist Serb.[1] wiki
In her history of this period called "Guns of August". Barbara Tuchman goes into exquisite detail aboput how miscalculations, false assumption, historical suspicions, national pride and rivalries, etc all intertwined to suck nations into a war that no one really wanted.
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The main causes of World War II were nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues, and resentments resulting from World War I and the interwar period in Europe, in addition to the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s
link once again economic issues were but a part of a complex fabric of causes.
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North Korea and South Korea set up their own government. Eventually, both sides were intent on reuniting Korea as a whole. However both South Korea and North Korea wanted to reunite their own way. North Korea had a strong military and big support from the Soviet Union. South Korea had a small military with only a little support from the United States.
North Korea knew that if they invade South Korea, they would be able to conquer them and reunite Korea their own way, setting up their way of government and life. With this idea in mind, North Korea chose the way of war and their means to reunite Korea under their control
link in other words the Korean war was primarily a dispute over who should run Korea
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The U.S. government viewed involvement in the viet nam war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government and Viet Cong viewed the conflict as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U.S., and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U.S. puppet state.[29]
link There would be no war except for North Vie Nam's willingness to fight on against what they saw as an invalid government in the south... it was for them a nationalist struggle.
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