POLS 10202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Total War, World War I
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Basic questions: what is the effect of war on society, how does war affect the relationship between the government and the people, are domestic effects of the war all negative? c. i. How to conduct total war: goal a. i. Turn nation state into a huge war machine a. ii. How many people are gonna go fight and how many people are b. i. 1. b. gonna make stuff. In total war, the line between soldiers and civilians is blurred b. iii. 1. c. Argument: civilians are just important to kill as soldiers, they are the ones making the weapons. And that you can inflict so much pain within the state that they revolt against their govt. Societal changes induced by world wars: patriotism a. i. Women got the vote: labor and capital c. i. Relations between workers and factory owners improved: sex and drugs. Divorce rate tripled in britain during wwii (world war 2)
