The first total war
Subtitle: Napoleon's Europe and the birth of warfare as we know it
By: David A. Bell.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
Description: The author maintains that modern attitudes toward total war were conceived during the Napoleonic era; and argues that all the elements of total war were evident including conscription, unconditional surrender, disregard for basic rules of war, mobilization of civilians, and guerrilla warfare.