xiii, 258 pages, vi pages of plates, leaf : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents
1. The nature of the problem -- The disasters of War -- The causes of War -- The consequences of war -- Germany, Russia France, Britain and the United States in 1914 -- 2. The First World War: Germany and Russia -- Germany's Fortress Truce August 1914-November 1917 -- Russia: disruption of war and growth of voluntary organisations August 1914-March 1917 -- Revolution in Russia and Germany, 1917-19 -- 3. The First World War: France, Britain and the United States -- 4. The Second World War: Germany and Russia -- Totalitarianism and democracy on the eve of the war -- The war and German society -- Russia and the Great Patriotic War -- 4. The Second World War Britain and the United States -- The impact of the Second World War on British society -- The war and American society -- The Second World War: France -- The chagrin and the pity of it -- Social consequences -- Beauty and the Beast: economic recovery and the idea of a United Europe
Analysis
Europe Social change Effects of World War 1 & World War 2
North America Social change Effects of World War 1 & World War 2
