'This collection is highly recommended as a significant contribution to the intellectual, military and political history of war.' The European Legacy

• Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: the legend of the levée en masse Daniel Moran; 2. La patrie en danger: the French Revolution and the first levée en masse Alan Forrest; 3. The historiography of the levée en masse of 1793 Owen Connelly; 4. Arms and the concert: the nation in arms and the dilemmas of German liberalism Daniel Moran; 5. American views of conscription and the German nation in arms in the Franco-Prussian war John Whiteclay Chambers II; 6. Defining the enemy: war, law and the levée en masse from 1870 to 1945 John Horne; 7. People's war: the German debate about a levée en masse in October 1918 Michael Geyer; 8. The levée en masse from Russian empire to Soviet Union, 1874–1938 Mark Von Hagen; 9. From Jaurès to Mao: the levée en masse in China Arthur Waldron; 10. In lieu of the levée en masse: mass mobilization in modern Vietnam Greg Lockhart; 11. The Algerian war (1954–1962): the inversion of the levée en masse Douglas Porch; 12. Looking backward: the people in arms and the transformation of war Arthur Waldron; Index.

'This collection is highly recommended as a significant contribution to the intellectual, military and political history of war.' The European Legacy

• Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: the legend of the levée en masse Daniel Moran; 2. La patrie en danger: the French Revolution and the first levée en masse Alan Forrest; 3. The historiography of the levée en masse of 1793 Owen Connelly; 4. Arms and the concert: the nation in arms and the dilemmas of German liberalism Daniel Moran; 5. American views of conscription and the German nation in arms in the Franco-Prussian war John Whiteclay Chambers II; 6. Defining the enemy: war, law and the levée en masse from 1870 to 1945 John Horne; 7. People's war: the German debate about a levée en masse in October 1918 Michael Geyer; 8. The levée en masse from Russian empire to Soviet Union, 1874–1938 Mark Von Hagen; 9. From Jaurès to Mao: the levée en masse in China Arthur Waldron; 10. In lieu of the levée en masse: mass mobilization in modern Vietnam Greg Lockhart; 11. The Algerian war (1954–1962): the inversion of the levée en masse Douglas Porch; 12. Looking backward: the people in arms and the transformation of war Arthur Waldron; Index.