The development of the modern carbine, machine gun, tanks and aircraft allowed the combatants of World War I and then later World War II to kill millions of soldiers and civilians alike in what became the doctrine of total war.  Later wars in the 20th century including the Korean conflict, the Vietnam War and the four wars fought in the Middle east after World War II were necessarily limited in scope due to the development of nuclear weapons which could kill on a scale far surpassing anything witnessed previously.  This book includes the following: 1) Hundreds of contemporary paintings; 2) Many color and black & white action photographs; 3) Numerous technical drawings; 4) Many maps and cutaway illustrations of relevant weapons and 5) Special drawings of uniforms of the period.  This book is 256 pages.  The author is H. W. Koch.  Edition published in 1983.