it involved a complete mobilization of resources and people.
Total war is when you involve all aspects of society in war, not just soldiers.
Destroy Everything. EVERYTHING!
Sherman believed that the quickest way to end the war was to deprive the army of the means to fight and destroy the civilians' will to support the war was to annihilate the infrastructure that supported the war effort: the agriculture, transportation, communications, and manufacturing capability of the enemy. When there was no food, no munitions, no clothing, and no means to produce it, the will of the South to continue was broken.
Total War is when a military uses all of their forces which include air force, forces attacking on water and soldiers attacking on land. Its significance to ww1 is that this is were the concept total war was developed.
Total war means NOTHING is held back. If a combatant has nukes...he uses them. That's total war. WWII was total war. Total normally equals victory or defeat.
destroying everything. all the people, it's resources the entire army
total war
Total war means 3 things. Total war means that a country's resources are expended during the war, that banking and other financial sources are cut off and geared toward the war, and that all armies are sent into the war.
Modern total war is best signified by World War I and World War II. However, before the term total war was developed the same concept did exist, as seen in the 18th and 19th centuries, such as with the American Civil War. It was not until the 20th century that total war was recognized as a distinct category of warfare.
Limited war (not total war). Total war implied using all available means (nuclear weapons).
No concept is an island means that no concept stands alone.
Incrementalism