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The first world war : Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1918

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The Great War toppled four empires, cost the world 24 million dead and sowed some of the seeds of another conflagration 20 years later.

This text provides a comprehensive treatment of how Germany and Austria-Hungary - two of the key belligerents - conducted the war and what defeat meant to them.How did the Hohenzollern and Habsburg empires conceive of and conduct "total war"?

What impact did the prolonged fighting have on their societies?

Drawing on his own archival research over the past decade, Holger Herwig analyzes why Vienna opted for war in 1914 and why Berlin took the calculated risk to back that decision.The war plans and military campaigns on both Eastern and Western fronts are examined in detail and key battles, some of the bloodiest and most wasteful in military history, are narrated and analyzed.

On the home front, the mobilization of the civilian populations behind the war effort had profound social consequences.

The militarization of the key war-related industries led to an industrial women's labour force emerging in both countries, deeply affecting the role of women in Germanic society.

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Product Details
Arnold
0340677538 / 9780340677537
Laminated
940.343
29/11/1996
England
English
496p.
24 cm
general /undergraduate Learn More