State, Society and Mobilization in Europe during the First World War (Paperback, New Ed)


This volume examines political and cultural mobilisation in the face of industrialised mass death during the First World War. Comparing Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary, it generates arguments on mobilisation and 'total war' which have wider relevance. It explores 'national ideals' which cast the war as a crusade, the inclusive 'self-mobilisation' of sectional identities and private organisations behind national efforts, and the exclusion of suspect groups (the 'enemy within') from the mobilisation process. It also highlights the importance, and difficulty, of assessing the limits of mobilisation as well as the differing capacities of the state to sustain it, factors related to prior degrees of national integration and political legitimacy. Mobilisation in this sense was an important factor which determined the outcome and legacy of the war.

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This volume examines political and cultural mobilisation in the face of industrialised mass death during the First World War. Comparing Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary, it generates arguments on mobilisation and 'total war' which have wider relevance. It explores 'national ideals' which cast the war as a crusade, the inclusive 'self-mobilisation' of sectional identities and private organisations behind national efforts, and the exclusion of suspect groups (the 'enemy within') from the mobilisation process. It also highlights the importance, and difficulty, of assessing the limits of mobilisation as well as the differing capacities of the state to sustain it, factors related to prior degrees of national integration and political legitimacy. Mobilisation in this sense was an important factor which determined the outcome and legacy of the war.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Cambridge UniversityPress

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare

Release date

July 2002

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

1997

Editors

Dimensions

233 x 153 x 20mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

312

Edition

New Ed

ISBN-13

978-0-521-52266-3

Barcode

9780521522663

Categories

LSN

0-521-52266-8



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