num_pages: 544
description: 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.
language: English
title: Great War, Total War: Combat and Mobilization on the Western Front, 1914–1918
titlecomplete: Great War, Total War: Combat and Mobilization on the Western Front, 1914–1918 (Publications of the German Historical Institute)
genres: War
ratings_count: 19
series: Publications of the German Historical Institute
publisher: Cambridge University Press