This volume presents the results of a fifth and final conference on the history of total war. It is devoted to the Second World War, which many scholars regard as the paradigmatic instance of total war.
This volume presents the results of a fifth and final conference on the history of total war. It is devoted to the Second World War, which many scholars regard as the paradigmatic instance of total war. In considering the validity of this proposition, the authors address a broad…
Originally published in 1984 this volume presents the first systematic analysis of the cultural sources of the Pan German League's appeal and influence in Imperial Germany. It focuses on the symbolic dimensions of the League's literature and activities, in order to explain the a…
This text provides a comprehensive survey of Germany's experience during the First World War and paints a rich portrait of life on the home front. The new edition incorporates more material on action outside Europe, military occupation, prisoners of war, and the memory of war.
The Cambridge history of war
by Showalter, Dennis E., Chickering, Roger, Van de Ven, Hans J.
"The essays in Anticipating Total War: The German and American Experiences, 1871-1914 explore the discourse on war in Germany and the United States between 1871 and 1914 - in the era bounded by the midcentury wars in Europe and North America and World War I. The concept of "tota…