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We are mainly taught the histories of China, Europe and the U.S., other regions are barely mentioned.I just translated the table of contents of the 3 compulsory History textbooks in Chinese high schools. All students are required to learn these 3 books at Grade 10 before choosing Liberal Arts (Politics, Geography & History) and Science (Chemistry, Physics & Biology) at Grade 11.Note these are the direct translations of the Chinese texts thus some of them might sound awkward to native English speakers. So please feel free to edit.Hope my contribution helps!Compulsory IUnit 1: Political systems of Ancient ChinaLesson 1: Political systems of Xia, Shang, and Zhou DynastyLesson 2: The formation of Qin Dynasty’s centralized political systemLesson 3: The evolution of political systems from Han Dynasty to Yuan DynastyLesson 4: The enhancement of autocratic monarchy during Ming and Qing DynastyUnit 2: Political systems of Ancient Greece and RomeLesson 5: Democratic politics of Ancient GreeceLesson 6: The origin and development of Roman lawUnit 3: The establishment and development of western capitalist political systemLesson 7: The establishment of British constitutional monarchyLesson 8: The founding of the United States Federal GovernmentUnit 4: The anti-aggression in modern Chinese historyLesson 10: Opium WarsLesson 11: Taiping RebellionLesson 12: First Sino-Japanese War and Eight-Nation AllianceLesson 13: Xinhai RevolutionLesson 14: The emergence of New Democratic RevolutionLesson 15: The First Civil War (1927 - 1937)Lesson 16: Second Sino-Japanese WarLesson 17: Chinese Communist Revolution (also known as the “Second Civil War”)Unit 5: The establishment of Socialist systemsLesson 18: The birth of MarxismLesson 19: The victory of (the Russian) October RevolutionUnit 6: Political development of People’s Republic of China (PRC)Lesson 20: The political development of PRCLesson 21: Tortuous developments (Cultural Revolution)Lesson 22: China’s ReunificationUnit 7: Foreign relations of modern ChinaLesson 23: Diplomacy at early years of PRCLesson 24: New prospect of Chinese diplomacyUnit 8: Multi-polarization of the world orderLesson 25: The formation of the bi-polar order (Cold War)Lesson 26: The emergence of multi-polarizationLesson 27: The world order at the turning of the centuryCompulsory IIUnit 1: Structure of features of ancient Chinese economyLesson 1: Agriculture of ancient ChinaLesson 2: The progress of ancient handicraft industryLesson 3: The developments of ancient commercial businessLesson 4: Economic policies of ancient ChinaUnit 2: The formation of capitalist global marketLesson 5: The exploration of new sea routesLesson 6: Expansions of colonism and the global marketLesson 7: First Industrial RevolutionLesson 8: Second Industrial RevolutionUnit 3: Variations of economic structure in modern ChinaLesson 9: Variations of economic structure in modern ChinaLesson 10: Tortuous development of national capitalismUnit 4: The path of Socialism with Chinese CharacteristicsLesson 11: Tortuous development of the economy (Great Leap Forward)Lesson 12: From planned economy to market economyLesson 13: The initial formation of opening-up.Unit 5: The variation of social life in modern ChinaLesson 14: Material life and customsLesson 15: Transportation and communication toolsLesson 16: Mass mediaUnit 6: Adjustment of capitalist economyLesson 16: Great DepressionLesson 18: New DealLesson 19: New changes of capitalism after the warUnit 7: Socialist Construction of Soviet UnionLesson 20: From War Communism to StalinismLesson 21: Economic reforms of the USSR after the warUnit 8: Globalization trendLesson 22: The formation of post-war capitalist world economyLesson 23: The regional grouping of the world economyLesson 24: The globalization of world economyCompulsory IIIUnit 1: The evolution of Chinese traditional mainstream thinkingLesson 1: Hundred Schools of Thought and formation of ConfucianismLesson 2: The promotion of ConfucianismLesson 3: Neo-ConfucianismLesson 4: Confucianists during Ming & Qing DynastyUnit 2: The origin and development of western humanismLesson 5: The origin of western humanismLesson 6: Renaissance and Protestant ReformationLesson 7: Age of EnlightenmentUnit 3: Science, technology and arts in ancient ChinaLesson 8: The inventions and discoveries in ancient ChinaLesson 9: Chinese literatureLesson 10: Chinese painting, Chinese calligraphy and Chinese operaUnit 4: The developments of science since modern timesLesson 11: The breakthrough of physicsLesson 12: Origin of life (Evolutionism)Lesson 13: From steam engine to InternetUnit 5: Ideological emancipation in modern ChinaLesson 14: From Self-Strengthening Movement to Hundred Days' ReformLesson 15: New Culture Movement and spread of MarxismUnit 6: Chinese thoughts and theories since 20th centuryLesson 16: Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles of the PeopleLesson 17: MaoismLesson 18: Theoretical explorations in new periodUnit 7: Science & technology, education and literature & artLesson 19: Significant achievements in science & technology since the founding of PRCLesson 20: Hundred Flowers CampaignLesson 21: The development of modern Chinese educationUnit 8: Literature & arts around the world since 19th centuryLesson 22: The prosperity of literatureLesson 23: The development of fine artsLesson 24: Music and film arts

No. It doesn't help. It used to be thought that way until Keynes showed that any massive increase in government expenses could stimulate an economy in depression. The War itself had a negative effect, but the increase in spending that accompanied that acted against the depression. However, in non-deflationary periods (such as during Vietnam war), wars substantially worsened both inflation and GDP growth.1. Wars boost inflationVietnam and the World Wars substantially pushed up the prices. Afghanistan/Iraq war did that too, until the 2008 recession overcompensated for that.2. Wars Shatter Market returnsFirst, here are the DJIA (US Stock market) returns per decade along with the major wars that decade. Decade is a good unit to see trends and patterns. You can see clearly what happens to the market in the decades of the war.1900s +50.69% Peacetime1910s +8.26% WW-I1920s +131.73% Peacetime1930s -39.64% Depression and start of WW-II1940s +33.69% World War II1950s +238.80% Peacetime from 19531960s +17.81% Vietnam war (most of the decade)1970s +4.80% Vietnam war (until 1975) and Middleast wars1980s +228.25% Peacetime1990s +317.59% Peacetime (but for 1991-92)2000s -8.34% Afghanistan/Iraq warsSome of the best periods for the stock market were 1954-59, 1993-99 were the peacetimes.3. Wars push the Government into DebtHere is US debt during war times. See the debt spiking substantially during each war and the decades it takes to stabilize the debt.Wars push down the markets and push up the debt. The spike of debt gives a temporary high that feels like GDP growth. World War II got US out of Great Depression, but the same could have been done by any major increase in government expenses.Here is what the Nobel winning Joseph Stiglitz concludes on this:World War II is widely thought to have helped lift the global economy out of the Great Depression. But, at least since Keynes, we know how to stimulate the economy more effectivelyAmerica’s War-Torn Economy by Joseph E. StiglitzPage on thereformedbroker.com

Yamamoto, who planned the raid on Pearl Harbor, knew that the United States could not be defeated because he had been an attaché in Washington for several years and recognized that the US was a "Sleeping Giant." He was fully aware that in a head to head war, Japan would lose. He was the one who stated, "I will run wild for the first 6 months, but after that, I can guarantee nothing." The Battle of Midway took place on June 4, 1942, almost exactly 6 months after the December 7, 1941 raid on Pearl Harbor. Midway ended Japan’s hopes for winning the war with the loss of her 4 heavy carriers that she could not hope to replace.The US was in the depths of the Great Depression and production of everything was low, but the factories were still all there, and ready to go. The population of the US in 1940 was 132,000,000 while the population of Japan was only 73,000,000 or just about 55% of ours. If you consider that about 1/4 of the populations were working age men, then the ratio stays the same, but there are a LOT more American men than Japanese men.The production statistics are simply overwhelming! The US had 17 times the average income, was producing 5 times the steel, 7 times the coal, and 80 times the cars. And this was when we were in a depression. In addition, we had more modern factories that were much more fully automated, better management systems, and were not only willing but able to use women in the workforce. This latter was an enormous advantage since each woman in a factory meant another man with a rifle at the war front. A war making potential between the US and Japan in 1937 showed an almost 12 to one disparity. A good discussion can be found here: Grim Economic RealitiesJapan was at that time virtually a pre-industrial country with many, many things being made in cottage industries. They had some big factories, of course, but not anywhere near the scale of the US. In addition, while the US had all of the necessities for making war within its borders, virtually everything needed for war material for the Japanese war machine had to be imported. From food, to iron ore to oil. Everything.Their weapons were, in fact, world class-for 1935. Japanese ships were always designed to be better than the equal class in the US fleet, but they were starting off with a much smaller fleet-only 60% of the tonnage of the US fleet. The Type 93 (Long Lance) torpedo was much faster and longer ranged and carried a much larger warhead than any other torpedo in the world. Their Arisaka rifle is still accounted to be one of the strongest actions made. But it was bolt action and the US was going to the semiautomatic M1 Garand. They had the world class A6M Zero fighter, and we only had the F4F Wildcat. But superior tactics against the much more maneuverable Zero enabled them to more than hold their own. Their men were inspired that they were fighting for the Emperor, God. Our men were fighting the dastardly Japs who had made a sneak attack in the middle of peace talks.The saving grace - at least for a while - for the Japanese was that the US was facing a two front war and the immense superiority in men and equipment was being largely diverted to the European war. The ratio was roughly 10% for the Japanese theater, and 90% to the Western theater. The war in the Far East was only given enough men and supplies to hold the line until the other war was won, and then we would deal with the Japanese. And when the time came, we did.Even without the atomic bomb, the US would have defeated the Japanese. We had the men and supplies to do it, although at a horrendous cost in American and Japanese lives, although that simply didn't matter. The battles on Saipan and Okinawa clearly showed what we would be up against were we to invade Japan proper. We would no doubt and unquestionably win, but at a horrendous cost in American lives, estimated to be as high as 1,000,000 killed and wounded. The Japanese estimated that their defeat would cost the lives of 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 million, not counting suicides.We produced twelve times the amount of coal and forty times the iron ore as Japan during the war. In addition, we had the resources to quickly design and produce new generations of fighters, bombers, fast battleships and fast carriers in unbelievable numbers, while Japan mainly relied on updating prewar designs, and couldn’t produce enough of those.So, could Japan have ever defeated the US, militarily? No. Not a chance in Hell.