The essays in Anticipating Total War explore the discourse on war in Germany and the United States between 1871 and 1914. The concept of "total war" provides th

World War I was the first large-scale industrialized military conflict, and it led to the concept of total war. The essays in this volume analyze the experience

A host of catastrophes, natural and otherwise, as well as some pleasant surprises—like the sudden end of the cold war without a shot being fired—have caught

The essays in this collection, the fourth in a series on the problem of total war, examine the inter-war period.

In the pantheon of air power spokesmen, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. His writings, more often cited than perhaps actually read, appear as excerpts and apho