war whose target is complete annihilation, war that utilizes all the means of destruction
This article is about the military doctrine of total war. For the video game series, see
Total War (video game series). For the Swedish black metal band see
Total War. Total war is a
military conflict in which nations mobilize all available
resources in order to destroy another nation's ability to engage in war. The practice of total war has been in use for centuries, but it was only in the middle to late
19th century that total war was identified by scholars as a separate class of
warfare.
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