| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 786 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction to Volume 2 / Jay Winter -- Part I. Political power. Introduction to Part I / Jean-Jacques Becker and Gerd Krumeich ; 1. Heads of state and government / Jean-Jacques Becker ; 2. Parliaments / Dittmar Dahlmann ; 3. Diplomats / David Stevenson ; 4. Civil-military relations / Stig Forster ; 5. Revolution Richard Bessel -- Part II. Armed forces. Introduction to Part II / Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau and Heather Jones ; 6. Combat and tactics / Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau ; 7. Morale / Alexander Watson ; 8. Mutiny / Len Smith ; 9. Logistics / Ian Brown ; 10. Technology and armaments / Frédéric Guelton ; 11. Prisoners of war Heather Jones -- Part III. The sinews of war. Introduction to Part III / Jay Winter and John Horne ; 12. War economies / Barry Supple ; 13. Workers / Antoine Prost ; 14. Cities / Stefan Goebel ; 15. Agrarian society / Benjamin Ziemann ; 16. Finance / Hans-Peter Ullmann ; 17. Scientists / Roy Macleod ; 18. Blockade and economic warfare / Alan Kramer -- Part IV. The search for peace. Introduction to Part IV / Gerd Krumeich ; 19. Diplomacy / Georges-Henri Soutou ; 20. Neutrality / Samuel Kruizinga ; 21. Pacifism / Martin Ceadel ; 22. Drafting the peace / Helmut Konrad ; 23. The wars after the war / Robert Gerwarth ; 24. Visual essay: the State / Arndt Weinrich |
| Summary |
Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the First World War offers a history of the war from a predominantly political angle and concerns itself with the story of the state at war. It explores the multifaceted history of state power and highlights the ways in which different political systems responded to, and were deformed by, the near-unbearable pressures of war. Every state involved faced issues of military-civilian relations, parliamentary reviews of military policy, and the growth of war economies; and yet their particular form and significance varied in each national case. Written by a global team of historical experts, this volume sets new standards in the political history of the waging of war in an authoritative new narrative, which addresses problems of logistics, morale, innovation in tactics and weapons systems, and the use and abuse of science; all of which were ubiquitous during the conflict |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital cover (viewed on October 17, 2018) |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Political aspects
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Buddhism and politics
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Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Winter, J. M., editor
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| ISBN |
9780511675676 |
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0511675674 |
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1316022579 |
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9781316022573 |
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1316023761 |
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9781316023761 |
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