: Combat and Mobilization on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Roger Chickering , Stig Förster Cambridge University Press , Sep 11, 2000 - History - 531 pages 1 Review World War I was the first large-scale industrialized military conflict in world history, and it gave birth to the concept of total war. The essays in this volume analyze the experience of the war in light of this concept's implications, in particular the systematic erosion of distinctions between the military and civilan spheres. Preview this book »