131-124 Total War in Europe: World War One

Formerly available as 131-012. Students who have completed 131-012 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

This subject will focus on Europe in the First World War and raise questions about the causes of armed conflict, the nature of total war, and the consequences (social, economic, cultural and political) of war in modern European history. Topics include: pre-1914 European society and the military, the origins of WWI, the experience of war for soldiers and civilians, constructing a meaning for the war, the character of total war, the cultural responses to total war, and postwar peacemaking.

Written work totalling 4000 words.

A subject reader will be available.