How modern nationalism embodied by the French Revolution and mass conscription introduced during the Napoleonic era changed the scale of warfare. Subsequent development of more effective weaponry like rifled muskets, the process of industrialization and a state of permanent psychological readiness for war set the stage for the impersonalized killing machine of the First World War.
Friday, May 23, 2008
The Road to Total War (Part 2)
Posted by Red Tory at 3:13 AM
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