Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction to volume IV
- Part I The industrialization of warfare, 1850–1914
- Part II The Era of Total War, 1914–1945
- 8 World War I
- 9 Military captivity in two world wars
- 10 Military occupations, 1914–1945
- 11 Home fronts
- 12 The search for peace in the interwar period
- 13 Commemorating war, 1914–1945
- 14 Military doctrine and planning in the interwar era
- 15 The military and the revolutionary state
- 16 World War II
- Part III Post-total warfare, 1945–2005
- Select bibliography
- Index
- References
11 - Home fronts
the mobilization of resources for total war
from Part II - The Era of Total War, 1914–1945
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction to volume IV
- Part I The industrialization of warfare, 1850–1914
- Part II The Era of Total War, 1914–1945
- 8 World War I
- 9 Military captivity in two world wars
- 10 Military occupations, 1914–1945
- 11 Home fronts
- 12 The search for peace in the interwar period
- 13 Commemorating war, 1914–1945
- 14 Military doctrine and planning in the interwar era
- 15 The military and the revolutionary state
- 16 World War II
- Part III Post-total warfare, 1945–2005
- Select bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter addresses the ways in which the dynamic of social mobilization in both world wars revealed the changing character of warfare itself. The totalizing logic of World War I blurred the boundaries between combatants and non-combatants, between soldier and civilian. Mass armies, supported by industrialized economies, demanded the commitment of the nation's material and technical resources. The defense of the nation was commonly articulated in communitarian terms, in the language of local, class, or religious solidarity. Defensive nationalism stood at the core of cultural mobilization during World War II. Military mobilization initially deprived the war industries of their most-needed workers. In both world wars, the mobilization of home fronts reflected the strategic positions of the belligerents, in particular their access to global markets for raw materials, capital, and labour. The globalized nature of warfare and the importance of combined resources were even more evident during World War II.
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