A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937-1945

by David Lazar

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521834325
• ISBN13: 9780521834322
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"