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While the study of "indigenous intermediaries" is today the focus
of some of the most interesting research in the historiography of
colonialism, its roots extend back to at least the 1970s. The
contributions to this volume revisit Ronald E. Robinson's theory of
collaboration in a range of historical contexts by melding it with
theoretical perspectives derived from postcolonial studies and
transnational history. In case studies ranging globally over the
course of four centuries, these essays offer nuanced explorations
of the varied, complex interactions between imperial and local
actors, with particular attention to those shifting and ambivalent
roles that transcend simple binaries of colonizer and colonized.
This volume investigates a critical moment in the history of
warfare. It assembles historians of the early modern and modern
eras to speak to one another across the great historiographical
divide that has traditionally separated them. The central questions
in the volume have to do with the historical place of revolutionary
warfare on both sides of the Atlantic - the degree to which they
extended practices common in the eighteenth century or introduced
fundamentally new forms of warfare. Among the topics covered in the
volume are the global dimensions of warfare, logistics, universal
military service and the mobilization of noncombatants, occupation,
and the impact of war on civilian life in both Europe and North
America.
This volume presents the results of a fifth and final conference on
the history of total war. It 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 authors
address a broad range of analytical problems that this vast
conflict posed in the arenas of Europe and Asia. They analyze modes
of combat, war aims, the mobilization of economies and societies,
occupation regimes, the vulnerability of noncombatants, and the
legal and moral issues raised by the industrialized warfare of the
mid-twentieth century. The volume will be of interest to all
students of war and society in the modern era.
This volume investigates a critical moment in the history of
warfare. It assembles historians of the early modern and modern
eras to speak to one another across the great historiographical
divide that has traditionally separated them. The central questions
in the volume have to do with the historical place of revolutionary
warfare on both sides of the Atlantic - the degree to which they
extended practices common in the eighteenth century or introduced
fundamentally new forms of warfare. Among the topics covered in the
volume are the global dimensions of warfare, logistics, universal
military service and the mobilization of noncombatants, occupation,
and the impact of war on civilian life in both Europe and North
America.
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.
The First World War was the first large-scale industrialized
military conflict in the world's history, and it gave birth to the
concept of total war. The essays in this 2000 volume analyse the
experience of the war in light of this concept's implications, in
particular the systematic erosion of distinctions between the
military and civilian spheres. With an emphasis on developments in
Germany, France, Great Britain and the United States, leading
scholars from Europe and North America locate the First World War
along a trajectory that began in the wars of the middle of the
nineteenth century and culminated in worldwide conflict in the
middle of the twentieth. The essays 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.
On the Road to Total War is a collection of essays that attempts to
trace the roots and development of total industrialized warfare
(which terrorizes citizens and soliders alike). International
scholars focus on the social, political, economic, and cultural
aspects and on the societal impacts of the American Civil War and
the German Wars of Unification. Mass mobilization of people and
resources and growing nationalism led to this totalization of war
in nineteenth-century industrialized nations.
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.
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.
On the Road to Total War is a collection of essays, originally
presented at a conference of the same title, that attempts to trace
the roots and development of total industrialized warfare (which
terrorizes citizens and soldiers alike). Scholars from the United
States, Germany, France, Canada, Switzerland, New Zealand, and
Britain focus on both the social, political, economic, and cultural
aspects and the impact on local society of the American Civil War
and the German Wars of Unification. Certain social forces, such as
mass mobilization of people and resources and growing nationalism,
led to this totalization of war in industrialized nations in the
nineteenth century.
Although much has been written about the Western Front in World War
I, little attention has been given to developments in the east,
especially during the crucial period of 1914--1915. Not only did
these events have a significant impact on the fighting and outcome
of the battles in the west, but all the major combatants in the
east ultimately suffered collapses of their political systems with
enormous consequences for the future events. Available for the
first time in English, this seminal study features contributions
from established and rising scholars from eight countries who argue
German, central, and eastern European perspectives. Together, they
illuminate diverse aspects of the Great War's Eastern Theater,
including military strategy and combat, issues of national identity
formation, perceptions of the enemy, and links to World War II.
They also explore the experiences of POWs and the representation of
the Eastern Front in museums, memorials, and the modern media. The
scholarship on the First World War is dominated by the trauma of
the modern, technologized war in the west, causing the significant
political events and battles on the Eastern Front to shift to the
background. The Forgotten Front illuminates overlooked but vital
aspects of the conflict, and will be an essential resource for
students and scholars seeking to better understand the war and its
legacy.
This volume presents the results of a fifth and final conference on
the history of total war. It 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 authors
address a broad range of analytical problems that this vast
conflict posed in the arenas of Europe and Asia. They analyze modes
of combat, war aims, the mobilization of economies and societies,
occupation regimes, the vulnerability of noncombatants, and the
legal and moral issues raised by the industrialized warfare of the
mid-twentieth century. The volume will be of interest to all
students of war and society in the modern era.
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