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

This volume analyzes the First World War in light of the concept of "total war," particularly the systematic erosion of the distinction between the military and

Adolf Hitler, writing in Mein Kampf, was scathing in his condemnation of German propaganda in the First World War, declaring that Germany had failed to recogniz

The course of events of the Great War has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand 'the war to end all wars'. However, this book moves b

This compelling book explores Germany’s campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War I, which marked the onset of total war at sea. Noted historian