Cities into battlefields
Subtitle: metropolitan scenarios, experiences and commemorations of total war
By: edited by Stefan Goebel and Derek Keene
Series: Historical urban studies series; Historical urban studies
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780754660385
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Total war; World War, 1939-1945; Social aspects; Cities and towns; History
Description: This title explores the cultural imprint of military conflict on metropolises world wide in the era of the First and Second World Wars. The volume examines how the emergence of 'total' warfare blurred the boundaries between home and front and transformed cities into battlefields.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.