On the Road to Total War attempts to trace the roots and development of total industrialised warfare, a concept which terrorises citizens and soldiers alike. Mass mobilisation of people and resources and the growth of nationalism led to this totalisation of war in nineteenth-century industrialised nations. In this collection of essays, international scholars focus on the social, political, economic, and cultural impact of the American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification.
| ISBN: | 9780521521192 |
| Publication date: | 22nd August 2002 |
| Author: | Stig Universität Bern, Switzerland Förster |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 720 pages |
| Series: | Publications of the German Historical Institute |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas Civil wars Specific wars and campaigns |