He was, of course, right in his judgment that the only way to prevent any modern industrial war from becoming a destructive tragedy for all was to quickly conclude a ceasefire. Governments that view aggressive war as a means to prosperity have been rare since the end of World War I: the Imperial Japanese government that launched World War II in the Pacific and Saddam Hussein's two grabs for oilfields are examples that spring immediately to mind.
安格尔认为阻止现代工业战争变成毁灭性人类悲剧的唯一方法是尽早实现停火，这种观点的正确性勿庸置疑。一次大战后，将侵略战争视作繁荣之道的政府已日渐稀少：在太平洋发动二次大战的日本帝国主义和两度侵占油田的萨达姆·侯赛因是立即映入脑海的两个实例。某种意义上，各国政府已经认可了诺曼·安格尔所持的观点。