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Titel:Anticipating total war
the German and American experiences, 1871-1914
Von: edited by Manfred F. Boemeke, Roger Chickering, and Stig Förster
Person: Boemeke, Manfred F.
Chickering, Roger
Förster, Stig
1942-
Weitere Personen: Boemeke, Manfred F. (HerausgeberIn), Chickering, Roger 1942- (HerausgeberIn), Förster, Stig (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999
Schriftenreihe:Publications of the German Historical Institute
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Online-Zugang:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139052511
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139052511
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139052511
Zusammenfassung:These essays explore the discourse on war in Germany and the United States between 1871 and 1914 - in the era bounded by the mid-century wars in Europe and North America and the First World War. The concept of 'total war', which was prefigured in aspects of the earlier conflicts and realized in 1914, 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 drew the practical implications in planning for war in the early twentieth century
Beschreibung:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 496 pages)
ISBN:9781139052511
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139052511