Very good point Az. I think your right, the economy is directly linked to most major conflicts in the civilized history. But not all, there are other causes of war. Like your example of the Medieval Golden age, I wouldn't go so far to say there was no major crisis during that time. I believe that was the time period of the Hundred year war, which had nothing to do with economy. The after effects of this is were you see a problem in economics, since this war costed "ALOT" but it didn't start it or is it directly linked. This is also the time period of the Crusades, where wars were fought over religion. I must say your point was excellent, and the fact that you have an answer to the problem is something I can't say for myself. Although your solution may be hard to sell today. Truth is, there will always be war even if we seem to solve all the problems, new ones pop up. Or my so trivial answer, humanity gets bored with peace.

Would Hitler have came to power if germany didn't have an economic struggle?? In my opinion, No. But for this to be a ideal question you would have to persume that the first world war never happened. Hitler probably would have been a different person since all this anger for non-arayan people came from his idea that germany lost the war because of them, it also lit the spark that made him strive for political office. The government wouldn't have been as weak, thus the german people wouldn't have been looking for a different leader. A ranting Hitler would have been thought crazy and laughed at, rather than an inspirational hero.