Century of War

by Kolko, Gabriel

• ISBN13: 9781565841918
• ISBN10: 1565841913
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-10-01
• Publisher: New Pr

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Making and Managing Wars: The View from the Top
Preparing the World for War	p. 3
False Expectations: How Things Go Wrong	p. 20
Officers: The Eclipse of Warrior Castes	p. 44
War Organization: The Dilemma of Managing Modern War	p. 65
Transforming People, Societies, and Politics
World War One: The Impact on European Society	p. 87
World War One: Transforming Europe's People	p. 106
Soldiers and the Crisis of World War One	p. 124
World War One and the Emergence of the Left	p. 139
World War Two and European Life and Society	p. 180
European Responses to World War Two	p. 220
European Communism and the Political Consequences of World War Two	p. 265
China: War, Society, and Revolution	p. 310
War, Revolution, and Reaction in Southeast Asia	p. 337
The United States, Politics, and Warfare in a Complex World, 1946-1991: The Limits of Power
Repression, Rebellion, and the Limits of Military Power, 1945-1953	p. 373
Warfare at an Impasse: The United States Confronts the World, 1954-1991	p. 412
Conclusion	p. 453
Notes	p. 485
References	p. 507
Index	p. 531
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