Anticipating Total War
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (US) |
| ISBN-13 | 9781139052511 |
| Open Library | OL25649474W |
| Total publications | 4 |
| Coverage period | 1999 - 2013 |
| Language | EN |
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.
Anticipating Total War
Anticipating Total War
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 e…
Was the Philippine-American War a “Total War”?
Starting in February 1899 until roughly April 1902, the United States fought an ugly little war in the Philippines. At the height of the conflict, almost 10,000 U.S. soldiers served on Philippine soil, opposed by no fewer than 100,000 Filipino regulars and irregulars. The conflict resulted in the deaths of 4,234 Americans. On the Filipino side, at least 20,000 soldiers were killed. Civilian casualties, according to some accounts, numbered in the …
Total War on the American Indian Frontier
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Anticipating Total War
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 e…
Was the Philippine-American War a “Total War”?
Starting in February 1899 until roughly April 1902, the United States fought an ugly little war in the Philippines. At the height of the conflict, almost 10,000 U.S. soldiers served on Philippine soil, opposed by no fewer than 100,000 Filipino regulars and irregulars. The conflict resulted in the deaths of 4,234 Americans. On the Filipino side, at least 20,000 soldiers were killed. Civilian casualties, according to some accounts, numbered in the …
Total War on the American Indian Frontier
According to conventional wisdom in the United States and elsewhere around the world, the term “genocide” describes the treatment of American Indians by the dominant race and its government. The genocidal creed arises from the guilt Americans have come to feel over the centuries-long ordeal of the native Americans. It has gained constant reinforcement from motion pictures, television, and popular literature, such as the immensely popular and infl…
Anticipating Total War