{"product_id":"on-the-road-to-total-war-the-american-civil-war-and-the-german-wars-of-unification-1861-1871-hardback-9780521560719","title":"On the Road to Total War; The American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification, 1861–1871 (Hardback) 9780521560719","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOn the Road to Total War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification, 1861–1871\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssays tracing the roots and development of total industrialized warfare in the United States and Germany.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStig Förster (Edited by), Jorg Nagler (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521560719, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 February 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e720 pages, 5 b\/w illus.  1 map  4 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 4.5 cm, 1.286 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This seven-hundred-page volume is a fascinating,...collection of papers....\"    Peter Bergmann, Jrnl of American History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOn the Road to Total War attempts to trace the roots and development of total industrialised warfare, a concept which terrorises citizens and soldiers alike. Mass mobilisation of people and resources and the growth of nationalism led to this totalisation of war in nineteenth-century industrialised nations. In this collection of essays, international scholars focus on the social, political, economic, and cultural impact of the American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction Stig Forster and Jörg Nagler\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Basic Questions: 2. Was the Civil War a Total War? Mark E. Neely Jr\u003cbr\u003e 3. The American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification: the problem of comparison Carl Degler\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Nationalism, Leadership, and War: 4. Confederate identity and the will to fight Richard E. Beringer\u003cbr\u003e 5. Unionism and Abolition: political mobilization in the North Hans L. Trefousse\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Prussian triangle of leadership in the face of people's war: a reassessment of the conflict between Bismarck and Moltke, 1870–71 Stig Forster\u003cbr\u003e 7. Union generalship, political leadership, and Total War strategy Edward Hagerman\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Mobilization and Warfare: 8. The Civil War armies: creation, mobilization, and development Herman M. Hattaway\u003cbr\u003e 9. African-Americans and the mobilization for the Civil War Joseph T. Glatthaar\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Civil War economy: a modern view Stanley L. Engerman and J. Matthew Gallman\u003cbr\u003e 11. Industry and warfare in Prussia Ulrich Wengenroth\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Prussian army from reform to war Manfred Messerschmidt\u003cbr\u003e 13. French mobilization in 1870 William Serman\u003cbr\u003e 14. From limited war to Total War in America James M. McPherson\u003cbr\u003e 15. Remarks on the preconditions to waging war in Prussia-Germany, 1866–1871 Wilhelm Deist\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Home Front: 16. Loyalty and dissent: the home front in the American Civil War Jorg Nagler\u003cbr\u003e 17. 'The better angels of our nature': Lincoln, propaganda, and public opinion in the North during the Civil War Philip S. Paludan\u003cbr\u003e 18. The permanence of internal war: the Prussian state and its opponents, 1870–71 Alf Ludtke\u003cbr\u003e 19. French public opinion in 1870–71 and the emergence of Total War Stephane Audoin-Rouzeau\u003cbr\u003e 20. Women and war in the Confederacy Donna Rebecca D. Krug\u003cbr\u003e 21. German patriotic women's work in war and peacetime, 1864–1890 Jean H. Quataert\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Reality of War: 22. Tactics, trenches, and men in the Civil War Earl J. Hess\u003cbr\u003e 23. Daily life at the front and the concept of Total War Thomas Rohkramer\u003cbr\u003e 24. At the nihilist edge: reflections on guerrilla warfare during the American Civil War Michael Fellman\u003cbr\u003e 25. The wars against Paris Robert Tombs\u003cbr\u003e 26. 'Our prison system, supposing we had any': the Confederate and Union prison systems Reid Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e 27. French prisoners of war in Germany, 1870–71 Manfred Botzenhart\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. The Legacy: 28. The influence of the German Wars of Unification upon the United States Jay Luvaas\u003cbr\u003e 29. From Civil War to world power: perceptions and realities, 1865–1914 Richard N. Current\u003cbr\u003e 30. The myth of Gambetta and the 'people's war' in Germany and France, 1871–1914 Gerd Krumeich\u003cbr\u003e 31. War memorials: a legacy of Total War? Annette Becker\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions: 32. The American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification: some parting shots Roger Chickering\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913302630680,"sku":"9780521560719","price":135.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521560719i_835bcd81-550e-4830-b9c6-8db1fc45de90.jpg?v=1691369792","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/on-the-road-to-total-war-the-american-civil-war-and-the-german-wars-of-unification-1861-1871-hardback-9780521560719","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}