Well Nikola Tesla's "Technocratic Republic of Yugoslavia" (1936-1942) would have never existed without the fears generated by the "Death From Above" phenomenon that many experienced after 1914. But then can anyone truly imagine a world without the technological juggernaut that Tesla installed? Even today people can see the lights caused by the Tesla Electrical Towers along the Adriatic Ocean....
One of the biggest white elephants on the planet, I swear. Remember Tesla also claimed they would be self-sustaining (drawing electricity from the magnetosphere) and by illuminating the atmosphere, would eliminate the need for street lighting. As it worked out, the towers never even broke even on energy consumption/production, and the effects on Yugoslavia's ecosystem brought about by the lack of darkness at night - oy. Sure, they keep a few of them along the coast to impress the tourists, but it was an incredible example of what a small country will do out of national ego (it still amazes me that Italy is still funding it's lunar colony).
I suppose I shouldn't be too harsh on Tesla, though: further developments of his technology meant that as unpleasant as the pan-Asian war was, at least there was no sustained aerial bombardments of civilian populations - the development of the Electron Pulse meant that "the bomber always get through" changed to "the bomber always gets toasted."
Bruce