Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource BIbliografia Colonizzazioni interne Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Strategic Bombing and Restraint in 'Total War', 1915-1918 Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Andrew Barros Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright © 2009 Cambridge University Press Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Giugno 1, 2009 Zotero Title Strategic Bombing and Restraint in 'Total War', 1915-1918 Item Type Journal Article Author Andrew Barros URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/40264177 Rights Copyright © 2009 Cambridge University Press Volume 52 Issue 2 Pages 413-431 Publication Title The Historical Journal ISSN 0018-246X Date Giugno 1, 2009 Journal Abbreviation The Historical Journal Access Date 2014-05-19 09:10:07 Library Catalog JSTOR Abstract Note Recent studies of 'total war' depict a process of inexorable expansion leading to an often nebulous linkage of everything to war. This article takes the study of 'total war' in the opposite direction by studying a specific example of strategic restraint. It examines how the French bombing strategy that was developed over the course of the First World War went to considerable lengths to maintain a distinction between the civilian and the military. The article studies France's restraint by highlighting the strategic, geographical, institutional, and economic factors upon which it was built. It then goes on to examine the political pressures for an expansion of bombing which proved incapable of overturning this policy. Finally, it contrasts French restraint with that of its key ally, Great Britain. There, bombing developed into a strategic weapon designed to destroy the 'homefront'. This study of restraint underscores the importance of limits, and the attendant choices government has to make, in understanding the course and intensity of a country's mobilization for modern war.