USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

END OF THE CIVIL WAR

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True or False:Total War involves destroying an enemy’s resources.

(A) ** True

(B) False

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -total war, military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory, as distinguished from limited war. Throughout history, limitations on the scope of warfare have been more economic and social than political.

Concept note-2: -Actions that characterize the post-19th century concept of total war include: blockade and sieging of population centers, as with the Allied blockade of Germany; commerce-raiding tonnage war, and unrestricted submarine warfare, as with privateering and the German U-Boat campaigns.

Concept note-3: -Total war made a significant impact on European society, most visibly by bringing an end to unemployment. The withdrawal of millions of men from the labor market to fight, combined with the heightened demand for wartime products, led to jobs for everyone able to work. The war also created new roles for women.

Concept note-4: -One prime example of the use of total war in the modern world is the actions of the United States against Japan in World War II. Another is the actions of the Union Army against the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.