Author: Raymond Aron
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y : Doubleday
ISBN:
Category : Military history, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Author: David Avrom Bell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618349654
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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The author maintains that modern attitudes toward total war were conceived during the Napoleonic era; and argues that all the elements of total war were evident including conscription, unconditional surrender, disregard for basic rules of war, mobilization of civilians, and guerrilla warfare.

Author: Hugh Brock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: Stig Förster
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521521192
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 724

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On the Road to Total War attempts to trace the roots and development of total industrialised warfare, a concept which terrorises citizens and soldiers alike. Mass mobilisation of people and resources and the growth of nationalism led to this totalisation of war in nineteenth-century industrialised nations. In this collection of essays, international scholars focus on the social, political, economic, and cultural impact of the American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification.

Author: Jeremy Black
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1461644097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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What is total war? Definitions abound, but one thing is certain—the concept of total war has come to be seen as a defining concept of the modern age. In The Age of Total War, celebrated historian Jeremy Black explores the rise and demise of an era of total war, which he defines in terms of the intensity of the struggle, the range (geographical and/or chronological) of conflict, the nature of the goals, and the extent to which civil society was involved. He contends that this era (roughly 1860–1945) was markedly different from the warfare that characterized earlier periods, and that it is very different from the situation that has evolved since, with its emphasis on asymmetrical conflict and limited warfare. Acknowledging that various definitions are problematic and often contradictory, Black argues that 1860 to 1945 was an era in which the prospect of war and the consequences of it were crucially important for human history. He focuses primarily on conflict between Western powers, including Japanese participation in the Russo-Japanese War. Trends and developments subsequent to 1945 have combined, Black asserts, to make a return to total war unlikely.

Author: Manfred F. Boemeke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521622943
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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The essays in Anticipating Total War explore the discourse on war in Germany and the United States between 1871 and 1914. The concept of "total war" provides the analytical focus. The essays reveal vigorous discussions of warfare in several forums among soldiers, statesmen, women's groups, and educators on both sides of the Atlantic. Predictions of long, cataclysmic wars were not uncommon in these discussions, while the involvement of German and American soldiers in colonial warfare suggested that future combat would not spare civilians. Despite these "anticipations of total war," virtually no one realized the practical implications in planning for war in the early twentieth century.

Author: John Buckley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135362769
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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Warfare in the first half of the 20th century was fundamentally and irrovocably altered by the birth and subsequent development of air power. This work assesses the role of air power in changing the face of battle on land and sea. Utilizing late-1990s research, the author demonstrates that the phenomenon of air power was both a cause and a crucial accelerating factor contributing to the theory and practice of total war. For instance, the expansion of warfare to the homefront was a direct result of bombing and indirectly due to the extent of national economic mobilization required to support first rate air power status. In addition, the move away from the principle of total war with the onset of the Cold War and the replacement of air power by ICBMs is thoroughly examined. This work should provide students of international history, war studies, defence and strategic studies with an insight into 20th-century warfare.

Author: Gregory Copley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781892998262
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Hugh Brock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil disobedience
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: Roger Chickering
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521812364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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The essays in this collection, the fourth in a series on the problem of total war, examine the inter-war period.