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Anticipating total war, the German and American experiences, 1871-1914, edited by Manfred F. Boemeke, Roger Chickering, and Stig Förster

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Anticipating total war, the German and American experiences, 1871-1914, edited by Manfred F. Boemeke, Roger Chickering, and Stig Förster

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Anticipating total war

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

824565883

Responsibility statement

edited by Manfred F. Boemeke, Roger Chickering, and Stig Förster

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Publications of the German Historical InstituteCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

the German and American experiences, 1871-1914

Summary

These essays explore the discourse on war in Germany and the United States between 1871 and 1914 - in the era bounded by the mid-century wars in Europe and North America and the First World War. The concept of 'total war', which was prefigured in aspects of the earlier conflicts and realized in 1914, provides the analytical focus. The essays reveal vigorous discussions of warfare in several forums - among soldiers, statesmen, women's groups and educators - on both sides of the Atlantic. Predictions of long, cataclysmic wars were not uncommon in these discussions, while the involvement of German and American soldiers in colonial warfare suggested that future combat would not spare civilians. Despite these 'anticipations of total war', virtually no one drew the practical implications in planning for war in the early twentieth century.--, Provided by publisher

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