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The First World War and its aftermath 1914–21

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Only the Anglo-Boer war of 1899–1902 and the American Civil War of 1861–5 had given any sort of idea as to the consequences for warfare of industrial developments and technological advances. In its scale and impact upon the economies and social structures of the combatants the First World War was unprecedented, the first total war.

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Miller, S. (1997). The First World War and its aftermath 1914–21. In: Mastering Modern European History. Macmillan Master Series. Red Globe Press, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13789-3_23

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