A world history of war, with contributions from renowned experts and over 110 documents and color maps.

This third volume explores world wars and imperial warfare from 1870 to 1945, a time in which the newfound might of industrial weaponry affected so many areas, from colonial Africa to the trenches of the Somme, the steppes of Russia to the vast Pacific. Providing an analysis of an extended period marked by the major powers' subjection of the globe, this book is thematically organized by combatants, weapons, empires, drafts, conscientious objection, and even war crimes. Loez and Drévillon cover major figures and the common folk, making space for everyday humanity and overall, questioning the importance of war to the societies that engage in it.