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OverviewWinner of the World War One Historical Association’s 2021 Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Prize Global War, Global Catastrophe presents a history of the First World War as an all-consuming industrial war that forcibly reshaped the international environment and, with it, impacted the futures of all the world’s people. Narrated chronologically, and available open access, the authors identify key themes and moments that radicalized the war’s conduct and globalized its impact, affecting neutral and belligerent societies alike. These include Germany’s invasion of Belgium and Britain’s declaration of war in 1914, the expansion of economic warfare in 1915, anti-imperial resistance, the Russian revolutions of 1917 and the United States’ entry into the war. Each chapter explains how individuals, communities, nation-states and empires experienced, considered and behaved in relationship to the conflict as it evolved into a total global war. Above all, the book argues that only by integrating the history of neutral and subject communities can we fully understand what made the First World War such a globally transformative event. This book offers an accessible and readable overview of the major trajectories of the global history of the conflict. It offers an innovative history of the First World War and an important alternative to existing belligerent-centric studies. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maartje Abbenhuis (University of Auckland, New Zealand) , Ismee Tames (Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9781474275866ISBN 10: 1474275869 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 07 October 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Sources List of Illustrations Introduction: A Total Global Tragedy 1. A World of War before 1914 2. Germany’s Invasion of Belgium and the Expectations of ‘Civilized’ War 3. Short-War Ambitions: The Global Importance of Britain’s Declaration of War 4. Long-War Realities: Economic Warfare and the Evolution of Total War in 1915 5. The ‘Barbarian’ Next Door: Total War at Home and Abroad in 1915 6. The Test of Endurance: Rethinking the War in 1916 7. Nothing Stays the Same: Revolutionary Transformations in 1917 8. The End of Neutrality? The Global Importance of the United States’ Declaration of War 9. Exit… 1918-1919 Select Bibliography IndexReviewsWonderfully well written and organized, this book is an excellent synthesis of recent scholarship and a major contribution to the existing literature on an important but under researched topic. It also has much to tell us about neutral states in our own world of great power competition. * Michael S. Neiberg, author of Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I, USA * This book emerged from the desire of the authors to integrate neutral countries and neutrality into a general history of the First World War. It does this and much more. Above all, this book fully exposes the inescapability of the war's global influences and how 'the dynamics of destruction', to use the authors' words, affected every part of the world. This book is a revelation of the First World War's pervasive and destructive reach. * Glyn Harper, Professor of War Studies, Massey University, New Zealand * Wonderfully well written and organized, this book is an excellent synthesis of recent scholarship and a major contribution to the existing literature on an important but under researched topic. It also has much to tell us about neutral states in our own world of great power competition. * Michael S. Neiberg, author of Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I, USA * This book emerged from the desire of the authors to integrate neutral countries and neutrality into a general history of the First World War. It does this and much more. Above all, this book fully exposes the inescapability of the war's global influences and how 'the dynamics of destruction', to use the authors' words, affected every part of the world. This book is a revelation of the First World War's pervasive and destructive reach. * Glyn Harper, Professor of War Studies, Massey University, New Zealand * In this inspiring study, Maartje Abbenhuis and Ismee Tames have succeeded in presenting a truly global view of the First World War. Including states, peoples and individuals of both belligerent and neutral countries, they paint a comprehensive picture of this catastrophic period. * Prof. Dr. Wim Klinkert, Netherlands Defence Academy, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands * Author InformationMaartje Abbenhuis is Professor in Modern History at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is the author of several books on the international history of the nineteenth century and the First World War, including An Age of Neutrals (2014) and The First Age of Industrial Globalization (co-authored, 2019). Ismee Tames is Professor in History at Utrecht University and Senior Researcher at NIOD, Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her most recent publication is Fighters across Frontiers: Transnational Resistance in Europe, 1936-48 (co-edited with Robert Gildea, 2020). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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