Winner of the World War One Historical Association-s 2021 Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. PrizeGlobal War, Global Catastrophe presents a history of the First World War as an all-consuming industrial war that forcibly reshaped the international environment and, with it, impacted the futures of all the world-s people. Narrated chronologically, and available open access, the authors identify key themes and moments that radicalized the war-s conduct and globalized its impact, affecting neutral and belligerent societies alike. These include Germany-s invasion of Belgium and Britain-s declaration of war in 1914, the expansion of economic warfare in 1915, anti-imperial resistance, the Russian revolutions of 1917 and the United States- entry into the war. Each chapter explains how individuals, communities, nation-states and empires experienced, considered and behaved in relationship to the conflict as it evolved into a total global war. Above all, the book argues that only by integratin
