David Herrmann's work is the most complete study to date of how land-based military power influenced international affairs during the series of diplomatic crise

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When war broke out in Europe in 1914, it surprised a European population enjoying the most beautiful summer in memory. For nearly a century since, historians ha

Originally published: 1998. New edition published in hardcover in 2014.

The colossal scale of World War II required a mobilization effort greater than anything attempted in all of the world's history. The United States had to fight