| Description |
xi, 572 pages : illustrations (maps) ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Contributors: Harry Elmer Barnes, Ralph D. Casey, Benjamin Higgins ... [et al.]." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: War in the twentieth century / Willard Waller -- [1.] Historical: The World War of 1914-1918 / Harry Elmer Barnes -- The peace of Paris: Europe between two wars / Walter Consuelo Langsam -- [3.] The effects of the First World War: The economic war since 1918 / Benjamin Higgins -- The World War and the arts / Frances Winwar -- The rise of the Soviet state / David Krinkin -- The rise of fascism / Cliffor Kirkpatrick -- [4.] Historical interlude: Treaty diplomacy since the First World War / Lamar Middleton -- How the war of 1939 began / Quincy Howe -- [5.] Society in war time: Economy in war time / Franz B. Wolf -- The state in war time / Max Lerner -- Propaganda and public opinion / Ralph D. Casey -- War and social institutions / Willard Waller -- [6.] War and civilization: The prospects of Western civilization / Ralph Linton. |
| Summary |
"The subject of war in the twentieth century seems to develop itself in a rather logical manner through the essays which are here presented. The book is focused upon the social aspects of war, so that discussion of military affairs is slighted. This emphasis is intentional; the reason for it is that the editor feels that the military side of war has been adequately treated in countless volumes while the social side has not. Besides, the social aspects of war are more important than its military aspects. We can not learn very much about war by studying battles. If we would really understand war we must know how its roots spread through the whole of our society, we must know what dislocations it produces in every social institution, and we must try to conceive of the changes which it works in the lives of every adult and every child of the warring nation; by comparison with such things, battles are insignificant"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. |
| Form |
Also issued in print. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
War.
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World War, 1914-1918.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 1914-1918.
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Warfare.
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World War I.
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World War II.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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| Chronological Term |
1914 - 1945
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| Subject |
Political science. (OCoLC)fst01069781
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War. (OCoLC)fst01170328
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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| Added Author |
Barnes, Harry Elmer, 1889-1968.
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Waller, Willard, 1899-1945, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Original (LSS) lss00709160 |
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