The Cambridge History of War: Volume 4, War and the Modern World

A comprehensive and authoritative new account of every aspect of warfare in the most destructive period in human history.

Roger Chickering (Edited by), Dennis Showalter (Edited by), Hans van de Ven (Edited by)

9780521875776, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 September 2012

668 pages, 39 b/w illus. 19 maps
23.5 x 15.7 x 3.7 cm, 1.19 kg

'A cultural history of war that is based on the latest scholarship and state-of-the-art conceptualization. … an outstanding collective achievement.' Benjamin Ziemann, H-Soz-u-Kult

Volume IV of The Cambridge History of War offers a definitive new account of war in the most destructive period in human history. Opening with the massive conflicts that erupted in the mid nineteenth century in the US, Asia and Europe, leading historians trace the global evolution of warfare through 'the age of mass', 'the age of machine' and 'the age of management'. They explore how industrialization and nationalism fostered vast armies whilst the emergence of mobile warfare and improved communications systems made possible the 'total warfare' of the two World Wars. With military conflict regionalized after 1945 they show how guerrilla and asymmetrical warfare highlighted the limits of the machine and mass as well as the importance of the media in winning 'hearts and minds'. This is a comprehensive guide to every facet of modern war from strategy and operations to its social, cultural, technological and political contexts and legacies.

Introduction
Part I. The Industrialization of Warfare, 1850–1914: 1. The wars of mid century Hans van de Ven
2. War, technology and industrial change, 1850–1914 Geoffrey Wawro
3. War and imperial expansion Bruce Vandervort
4. The non-western world responds to imperialism, 1850–1914 John P. Dunn
5. War, society, and culture, 1850–1914: the rise of militarism Roger Chickering
6. War-making and restraint by law: the formative years, 1864–1914 Jean Quataert
7. The arms race: qualitative and quantitative aspects Antulio J. Echevarria II
Part II. The Era of Total War, 1914–45: 8. World War I Michael S. Neiberg
9. Military captivity in two world wars: legal frameworks and camp regimes Iris Rachamimov
10. Military occupations, 1914–45 Sophie De Schaepdrijver
11. Homefronts: the mobilization of resources for total war Pierre Purseigle
12. The search for peace in the interwar period Carole Fink
13. Commemorating war, 1914–45 Jay Winter
14. Military doctrine and planning in the interwar era Eugenia Kiesling
15. The military and the revolutionary state Roger Reese
16. World War II Gerhard Weinberg
Part III. Post-Total Warfare, 1945–2005: 17. Military occupations, 1945–55 Dennis Showalter
18. The wars after the War, 1945–54 Odd Arne Westad
19. Weapons technology in the two nuclear ages C. Dale Walton
20. Conventional war, 1945–90 Williamson Murray
21. Wars of decolonization, 1945–75 Anthony Clayton
22. War and memory since 1945 Rana Mitter
23. The era of American hegemony, 1989–2005 Mark Moyar.

Subject Areas: Military history: post WW2 conflicts [HBWS], Military history [HBW], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], General & world history [HBG], History [HB]