| A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937 1945 Contributor(s): Chickering, Roger (Editor), Forster, Stig (Editor), Greiner, Bernd (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521155134 ISBN-13: 9780521155137 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 940.53 |
| Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.31 lbs) 406 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Presenting the results of a fifth, and final, conference on the history of total war, this volume 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 contributors address a broad range of analytical problems that this vast conflict posed in its European and Asian theaters. They analyze modes of combat, mobilization of economies and societies, occupation regimes, noncombatant vulnerability, and the legal and moral issues raised by mid-twentieth century industrialized warfare. |