| The Shadows of Total War Contributor(s): Chickering, Roger (Editor), Forster, Stig (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521812364 ISBN-13: 9780521812368 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $84.54 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: The period between the two world wars of the twentieth century was one of the most exciting in the history of war. In anticipation of another conflict, military planners and civilian thinkers struggled after 1918 with the painful implications of World War I. Given its scope, the wholesale mobilization of civilian populations, and the targeting of civilians via blockades and strategic bombing, many observers regarded this titanic conflict as a 'total war'. They also conluded that any future conflict would bear the same hallmarks; and they planned accordingly. The essays in this collection, the fourth in a series on the problem of total war, examine the interwar period. They explore the lingering consequences of World War I, the intellectual efforts to analyze this conflict's military significance, the attempts to plan for another general war, and several episodes in the 1930s that portended the war that erupted in 1939. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Military - World War I |
| Dewey: 940.3 |
| LCCN: 2002020163 |
| Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.17" W x 9.23" (1.32 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this compelling collection examine the period between the two world wars of the twentieth century; one of the most exciting in the history of war. They explore the lingering consequences of World War I; the intellectual efforts to analyze this conflict's military significance; the attempts to plan for another general war; and several episodes in the 1930s that portended the war that erupted in 1939. |