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A World at Total War

Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937–1945

Roger Chickering editor Stig Forster editor Bernd Greiner editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:25th Nov '10

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This volume presents the results of a conference on the history of total war.

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. The volume will interest all students of war and society in the modern era.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 range of analytical problems that this vast conflict posed in the arenas of Europe and Asia. They analyze modes of combat, war aims, the mobilization of economies and societies, occupation regimes, the vulnerability of noncombatants, and the legal and moral issues raised by the industrialized warfare of the mid-twentieth century. The volume will be of interest to all students of war and society in the modern era.

Review of the hardback: 'Within the covers of this book is such a wealth of information that it makes it almost compulsory reading for any student of WW2.' Open History

ISBN: 9780521155137

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm

Weight: 590g

406 pages