On the Road to Total War: The American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification, 1861–1871

Publications of the German Historical Institute

by Stig Förster (Editor)

On the Road to Total War is a collection of essays that attempts to trace the roots and development of total industrialized warfare (which terrorizes citizens and soliders alike). International scholars focus on the social, political, economic, and cultural aspects and on the societal impacts of the American Civil War and the German Wars of Unification. Mass mobilization of people and resources and growing nationalism led to this totalization of war in nineteenth-century industrialized nations.

Genres: History, American Civil War

720 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 1997

Reviews

[Chris Toppi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid. Excellent coverage of both The Civil war and the last of the three wars of unification in Germany.