Great War, Total War: Combat and Mobilization on the Western Front, 1914–1918

Publications of the German Historical Institute

by Roger Chickering (Editor), Stig Förster (Editor)

This volume analyzes the First World War in light of the concept of "total war," particularly the systematic erosion of the distinction between the military and civilian spheres. Leading scholars from Europe and North America explore the efforts of soldiers and statesmen, industrialists and financiers, professionals and civilian activists to adjust to the titanic, pervasive pressures that the military stalemate on the western front imposed on belligerent and neutral societies.

Contents: (From WorldCat)

From cabinet war to total war / Hew Strachan -- World War I and the theory of total war / Roger Chickering -- World War I and the revolution in logistics / Martin Van Creveld -- Mass warfare and the impact of technology / Dennis E. Showalter -- Total was as a result of new weapons? / Rolf-Dieter Müller -- Planning total war / Holger Afflerbach -- Most extensive experiment that the imagination can conceive / Wolfgang U. Eckart -- War between soldiers and enemy civilians, 1914-1915 / John Horne and Alan Kramer -- Blockade of Germany and the strategy of starvation, 1914-1918 / Avner Offer -- Total rhetoric, limited war / Holger H. Herwig -- First air war against noncombatants / Christian Geinitz -- Bullying the neutrals / Marc Frey -- Poincaré, Clemenceau, and the quest for total victory / John F.V. Keiger -- Strategy and unlimited warfare in Germany / Wilhelm Deist -- Strategy of unlimited warfare / David French -- French strategy on the western front, 1914-1918 / David Stevenson -- Strategy and total war in the United States / Russell F. Weigley -- War aims, state intervention, and business leadership in Germany / Gerald D. Feldman -- Lloyd George and the management of the British war economy / Keith Grieves -- Better late than never / Elisabeth Glaser -- How (not) to pay for the war / Niall Ferguson -- Mobilizing German society for war / Richard Bessel -- Women's wartime services under the cross / Jean H. Quataert -- Pandora's box / Jörg Nagler -- Painting and music during and after the great war / Arthur Marwick.

Genres: World War I, War

Paperback

First published January 1, 2000