num_pages: 420
description: A distinguished historian describes how the Enlightenment and the French Revolution led to the first total war in history during the age of Napoleon, when such embodiments of modern-day warfare--conscription, guerrilla warfare, unconditional surrender, disregard for the rules of combat, civilian mobilization, and more--made their first appearance.
language: English
title: The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe And the Birth of Warfare As We Know It
titlecomplete: The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe And the Birth of Warfare As We Know It
genres: French Revolution, France, History, European History, World History, War, Military History, 19th Century, Nonfiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 496
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Louis Gottschalk Prize
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt