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1 online resource (406 pages). |
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Publications of the German Historical Institute
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Publications of the German Historical Institute.
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| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Are We There Yet? World War II and the Theory of Total War; 1 Total War The Global Dimensions of Conflict; 2 Total War The Conduct of War 1939-1945; 3 The Ultimate Horror Reflections on Total War and Genocide; 4 Germany and the Battle of the Atlantic; 5 From "Blitzkrieg" to "Total War" Germany's War in Europe; 6 Global Yet Not Total The U.S. War Effort and Its Consequences; 7 The USSR and Total War Why Didn't the Soviet Economy Collapse in 1942?; 8 Blood, Sweat, and Tears British Mobilization for World War II. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Total war.
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Total war. |
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World War, 1939-1945.
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World War (1939-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Förster, Stig.
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Greiner, Bernd.
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Mauch, Christof.
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Lazar, David.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chickering, Roger. A World at Total War : Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937-1945. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2004 9780521834322 |
| ISBN |
9780511081682 |
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0511081685 |
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1280163453 |
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9781280163456 |
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0521834325 |
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9780521834322 |
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