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The age of total war, 1860-1945 [[electronic resource] /] / Jeremy Black



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Autore: Black Jeremy <1955-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The age of total war, 1860-1945 [[electronic resource] /] / Jeremy Black Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010
Edizione: 1st Rowman & Littlefield ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 355/.0330034
Soggetto topico: Military art and science - History - 19th century
Military art and science - History - 20th century
Military history, Modern - 19th century
Military history, Modern - 20th century
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-197) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Overawing the World, 1860-1914; Chapter 3. Developments within the West, 1860-71; Chapter 4. Uneasy Peace and Small Wars, 1872-1913; Chapter 5. World War I, 1914-18; Chapter 6. Between the World Wars, 1919-38; Chapter 7. World War II, 1939-45; Chapter 8. Postscript; Notes; Selected Further Reading; Index
Sommario/riassunto: What is total war? Definitions abound, but one thing is certain-the concept of total war has come to be seen as a defining concept of the modern age. In The Age of Total War, celebrated historian Jeremy Black explores the rise and demise of an era of total war, which he defines in terms of the intensity of the struggle, the range (geographical and/or chronological) of conflict, the nature of the goals, and the extent to which civil society was involved. He contends that this era (roughly 1860-1945) was markedly different
Titolo autorizzato: The age of total war, 1860-1945  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-299-44409-1
1-4616-4409-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779699603321
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Serie: Studies in military history and international affairs.