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Total War and Historical Change: Europe 1914-1955by Arthur Marwick
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:With contributors from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, this collection asks four key questions: What do we mean by social and cultural change? What is the nature of total war? How do wars come to happen? and What are the consequences of war? Synopsis:What do we mean by social and cultural change? What is the nature of total war? How do wars come to happen? What are the consequences of war? This book explores these themes, providing a major resource for the study of 20th century war and defence in European history. Synopsis:*What do we mean by social and cultural change? *What is the nature of total war? *How do wars come to happen? *What are the consequences of war? In exploring these four key themes, this collection provides a major resource for the study of twentieth century European history and exemplifies different historical methods and approaches. The authors are drawn from a range of disciplines including those of economics, literature and the arts as well as military, social and political history, and together they raise some of the most significant problems and debates in the study of history. The essays range from standard seminal works by Stanley Hoffmann, Arno J. Mayer and Charles Maier to more recent contributions by Richard Bessell, Mark Harrison and Hew Strachan. This is an important reader for all students of modern European history. Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-288) and index. Table of ContentsTotal war / Ian F. W. Beckett — The persistence of the old regime / Arno J. Mayer — The birth of the modern : 1885-1914 / G. D. Josipovici — The origins of the war / Samuel R. Williamson, Jr. — Italian peasant women and the First World War / Anna Bravo — Demobilization and labour / Richard Bessel — Recasting bourgeois Europe / Charles Maier — Hitler's foreign policy / Norman Rich — Hitler's war and the German economy : a reinterpretation / R. J. Overy — One day in Jâozefâow : initiation to mass murder / Christopher Browning — The effects of World War II on French society and politics / Stanley Hoffmann — The 'levelling of class' / Percy Summerfield — 'Barbarossa' : the Soviet response, 1941 / Mark Harrison — World War II and social change in Germany / Mark Roseman — Total war in the twentieth century / Hew Strachan. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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