A World at Total War : Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937-1945.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chickering, Roger, 1942-
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004. ©2005
Description:	1 online resource (406 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Publications of the German Historical Institute Publications of the German Historical Institute.
Subject:	Total war. World War, 1939-1945. Total war.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12616291

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Other authors / contributors:	Förster, Stig. Greiner, Bernd. Mauch, Christof. Lazar, David.
ISBN:	9780511081682 0511081685 1280163453 9781280163456 0521834325 9780521834322
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This volume presents the results of a fifth and final conference on the history of total war. It is devoted to the Second World War, which many scholars regard as the paradigmatic instance of total war.
Other form:	Print version: Chickering, Roger. A World at Total War : Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937-1945. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2004 9780521834322

Table of Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Are We There Yet? World War II and the Theory of Total War; 1 Total War The Global Dimensions of Conflict; 2 Total War The Conduct of War 1939-1945; 3 The Ultimate Horror Reflections on Total War and Genocide; 4 Germany and the Battle of the Atlantic; 5 From "Blitzkrieg" to "Total War" Germany's War in Europe; 6 Global Yet Not Total The U.S. War Effort and Its Consequences; 7 The USSR and Total War Why Didn't the Soviet Economy Collapse in 1942?; 8 Blood, Sweat, and Tears British Mobilization for World War II.

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