A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937 1945 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521834322)

Presenting the results of a fifth, and final, conference on the history of total war, this volume 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 contributors address a broad range of analytical problems that this vast conflict posed in its European and Asian theaters. They analyze modes of combat, mobilization of economies and societies, occupation regimes, noncombatant vulnerability, and the legal and moral issues raised by mid-twentieth century industrialized warfare.

Author: Roger Chickering
ISBN-10: 0521834325
ISBN-13: 9780521834322
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2004
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.50w x 1.19d