This is a volume of comparative essays on the First World War that focuses on one central feature: the political and cultural mobilization of the populations of the main belligerent countries in Europe behind the war. It explores how and why they supported the war for so long , why that support weakened in the face of the devastation of trench warfare, and why states with a stronger degree of political support and national integration were ultimately successful.
Language
English
Pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
August 08, 2002
ISBN
0521522668
ISBN 13
9780521522663
State, Society and Mobilization in Europe During the First World War
This is a volume of comparative essays on the First World War that focuses on one central feature: the political and cultural mobilization of the populations of the main belligerent countries in Europe behind the war. It explores how and why they supported the war for so long , why that support weakened in the face of the devastation of trench warfare, and why states with a stronger degree of political support and national integration were ultimately successful.