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This volume examines political and cultural mobilisation in the face of industrialised mass death during the First World War. Comparing Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary, it generates arguments on mobilisation and 'total war' which have wider relevance. It explores 'national ideals' which cast the war as a crusade, the inclusive 'self-mobilisation' of sectional identities and private organisations behind national efforts, and the exclusion of suspect groups (the 'enemy within') from the mobilisation process. It also highlights the importance, and difficulty, of assessing the limits of mobilisation as well as the differing capacities of the state to sustain it, factors related to prior degrees of national integration and political legitimacy. Mobilisation in this sense was an important factor which determined the outcome and legacy of the war.

#SBIB:94H0 --- Geschiedenis van Europa: algemeen --- Preparedness. --- War and society. --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Social aspects --- Guerre et société --- Maatschappij and oorlog --- Oorlog en maatschappij --- Society and war --- Société et guerre --- War--Social aspects --- Preparedness --- War and society --- European War, 1914-1918 --- First World War, 1914-1918 --- Great War, 1914-1918 --- World War 1, 1914-1918 --- World War I, 1914-1918 --- World War One, 1914-1918 --- WW I (World War, 1914-1918) --- WWI (World War, 1914-1918) --- History, Modern --- War --- Sociology --- Civilians in war --- Sociology, Military --- Readiness --- Reliability --- Première guerre mondiale --- Guerre et société --- Aspect social --- Europe --- Arts and Humanities --- History