Globalizing the history of the world wars / edited by Bruno Cabanes, Cameron Givens

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cabanes, Bruno, editor.

Givens, Cameron, editor.

Series:

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history, Modern--20th century.

Military history, Modern.

Military history, Modern--21st century.

History, Modern--20th century.

History, Modern.

History, Modern--21st century.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"Positioned at the crossroads of global and military history, this volume makes a major contribution to the cultural and social history of war and its aftermath. Bruno Cabanes and Cameron Givens bring together a team of leading experts to reassess the two world wars, connecting time periods, topics, and spaces traditionally treated in isolation. They examine how these armed conflicts engendered new confrontations and encounters; forged and severed transnational networks and pathways; propelled people, ideas, knowledge, and practices across and within political boundaries; and triggered complex and contested memory-making. By rethinking the relationship between military and global history, the authors encourage readers to consider the broader impact of war on twentieth-century history, from international law and humanitarianism, to race and the environment. This ambitious reframing showcases the most innovative efforts to globalize the history of the world wars and provides fertile ground for future research"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Entwined escalation : Total war and European colonial violence / Erik Linstrum

Japan’s transnational home front / Sheldon Garon

Total war in Republican China : Strategy and politics / Victor Louzon

“Democracy, we deliver” : Bombing, morale, and total war in the Pacific / Ran Zwigenberg

Hunger, food networks, and global empathy in the shadow of the Great War / Mary Elisabeth Cox

Neutral but not uncaring : Argentina’s humanitarian mobilization in the world wars / Mara InØs Tato

Internment, the First World War, and empire-building in the Pacific / Mahon Murphy

Captivity and wartime encounters in Japan and its empire, 1937–1947 / Sarah Kovner

The rising tide of color : Race, global war, and the remaking of American white supremacy, 1915–1924 / Cameron Givens

“I wish all the marmalade ships would go down” : Global foodways, culinary encounters, and transnational exchange in the First World War / Bruce Scates

Globalizing the two world wars : Colonial ruptures and continuities / Eric T. Jennings

South Asia and the centennial commemoration : Devolution, diversity, decolonization / Santanu Das

Cultures of victory : Globalizing memories of war in East-Central Europe / John Paul Newman

Exhibiting wars and genocides : Museum-memorials in a global world / Annette Becker

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 8, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Globalizing the history of the world wars

ISBN:

9781009692922

1009692925

9781009692908

1009692909

OCLC:

1572038447

Publisher Number:

CIPO000385708

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license