AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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A conflict in which the participating countries devote none of their resources to the war effort.
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A war in which every country in the world is involved.
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A war in which only two countries are involved.
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*A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Total war is a type of warfare that includes any and all civilian-associated resources and infrastructure as legitimate military targets, mobilizes all of the resources of society to fight the war, and gives priority to warfare over non-combatant needs.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -For a long time the term “total war” – and even more so its German translation “totaler Krieg” – were linked to the inter-war period or the Second World War, the publication of Erich Ludendorff’s (1865-1927) Der totale Krieg and a speech of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) in 1943.
Detailed explanation-4: -Total war is a strategy in which militaries use any means necessary to win, including those considered morally or ethically wrong in the context of warfare. The goal is not only to decimate but to demoralize the enemy beyond recovery so that they are unable to continue fighting.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.