War helping economy?

I had an idea for my research project but decided it would be too hard to get a lot of information about it. But, I made a proposal to see if it would be a good fit.. here it is...

Controversial. Whenever I hear that word, I immediately think: interesting. I like being different, and going somewhere no one dares to go. My first paper involved me going around to random people asking them about sex. Now, I’m going to dwell into the topic of war. After WWI, the victorious countries achieved a false economic high during the 1920’s. Then, the Great Depression hit, and everyone thought it would never end. That was until WWII began. Because of the war, many countries had to mobilize both troops and industry to prepare. This ended the Great Depression and created a technological advancement that has yet to end. The question I am trying to answer is, is war a key element for economic success and growth? To answer this question, I will dig into deep wars to see what the economic outcome was, and is today. This will require a lot of research in the area of history, which is my academic strength.

Firstly, I will take a lot of notes surrounding all the most recent major wars that have happened. The wars I decided on are as follows: the thirty-year war, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Cold War, and of course Operation Iraqi Freedom. I will collect research from online, the library, and even some history professors here at St. John’s, involving each country involved; even those who just supply money or firearms. Then, evaluate how their economy was in the past and is right now. By doing this, I hope to really answer the question of war really having a great effect upon a countries economic success. This paper will not be a movie, pamphlet, newspaper, survey, etc… It will however, answer a very important question which surrounds the world today as we know it. I hope to clarify people’s understanding of war, and if it should even exist. The end product will not be a boring history lesson just found upon random websites across the web. It will be just the opposite, a clear report about war, and the history of war.