This book is a series of essays which explore the efforts of soldiers and statesmen, industrialists and financiers, professionals and civilian activists to adjust to the titanic, pervasive pressures that the military stalemate on the Western Front imposed on belligerent and neutral societies. As such it is a useful tool for anyone looking at the overall impact of the war on various sectors of society.
First published in 2000.
The book is edited by Roger Chickering and Stig Forster.
The contributors are: Holger Afflerbach, Richard Bessel, Roger Chickering, Wilhelm Deist, Wolfgang U. Eckart, Gerald D. Feldman, Stig Forster, David French, Marie Frey, Christian Geinitz, Elisabeth Glaser, Keith Grieves, Holger H. Herwig, John Horne, John F.V. Keiger, Alan Kramer, Arthur Marwich, Rolf-Dieter Muller, Jog Nagler, Avner Offler, Jean H. Quataert, Dennis E. Showalter, David Stevenson, Hew Strachan, Martin van Creveld, and Russell F. Weigley