The century of total war
By: Raymond Aron
Edition: 1st Beacon pbk. ed.
Series: Beacon contemporary affairs series
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 1955
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Copyright date: 1954
Subjects: Modern Military history; World politics
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: pt. 1. From Sarajevo to Hiroshima: The technical surprise; title: Dynamism of total war; title: The Leninist myth of imperialism; title: War and the total state; title: Necessity and accident; title: pt. 2. Crossroads of history: The rise of the peripheral states; title: From Marxism to Stalinism; title: Expansion of Stalinism; title: The atomic age; title: Logic and chance; title: pt. 3. Limited war: The conventions of the Cold War; title: Reversal of alliances; title: Intercontinental equilibrium; title: Stalinism and the shade of the past; title: The Cold War: preparation or substitute for total war?; title: pt. 4. A helpless Europe?: Dialectic of the extremes; title: The national socialisms; title: Can Europe live?; title: Can Europe unite?; title: Has Europe a historic vitality?; title: [pt. 5.] Conclusion: the stake: After Stalin; title: The end of the socialist myth; title: Faith without illusions.