Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World HistoryProduction, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Social developments
- Part II Culture and Connections
- Part III Moments
- 12 Atlantic revolutions: a reinterpretation
- 13 Global war 1914–45
- 14 The Cold War
- 15 1956
- 16 1989 as a year of great significance
- Part IV Ligaments of Globalization
- Index
- References
13 - Global war 1914–45
from Part III - Moments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World HistoryProduction, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Social developments
- Part II Culture and Connections
- Part III Moments
- 12 Atlantic revolutions: a reinterpretation
- 13 Global war 1914–45
- 14 The Cold War
- 15 1956
- 16 1989 as a year of great significance
- Part IV Ligaments of Globalization
- Index
- References
Summary
The most remarkable aspect of the two global wars that dominated the thirty-year period from 1914 to 1945 was the contrast between their modest origins in political disputes in south-east and eastern Europe between just two states and the worldwide dimension that both wars quickly assumed. The growth of large permanent armed forces, equipped with the sophisticated military products of modern science and industry, and the emergence of mass nationalism as a feature of European political culture, together created conditions in which the possibility of restraint in international crisis became progressively reduced. The Serb crisis created a collective paranoia among the capitals of Europe and immediately mobilized popular patriotism. The age of global war reflected profound instabilities in the existing world order with the decline or collapse of important parts of the traditional structure, and the social and political consequences of large-scale and rapid economic modernization and urbanization.
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