| On the Road to Total War: The American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification, 1861 1871 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Forster, Stig (Editor), Nagler, Jvrg (Editor), Fvrster, Stig (Editor) |
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ISBN: 052152119X ISBN-13: 9780521521192 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $54.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: On the Road to Total War is a collection of essays that attempts to trace the roots and development of total industrialized warfare (which terrorizes citizens and soliders alike). International scholars focus on the social, political, economic, and cultural aspects and on the societal impacts of the American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification. Mass mobilization of people and resources and growing nationalism led to this totalization of war in nineteenth-century industrialized nations. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | World - General - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 973.7 |
| Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.73" H x 6.38" W x 8.94" (2.35 lbs) 720 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Chronological Period - 19th Century |