HIS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: American Civil War, Civilization V
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Involves all major countries in a given region. 5: causes exceptional number of casualties and destruction of property & resources. Nation in arms during french revolution (1793) called for mobilization of the entire. French population: healthy young men were to fight, women had to take over farms, older men preached patriotism in the streets. Napoleonic wars (1799-1815): large armies & unprecedented casualties. American civil war: introduced new technology in warfare. Ww1 was the first recognized total war : almost the entire world was directly affected. 2: mobilization of all available resources: money, industry, science, food (big impact) Rations (depended on class: warfare overrides values of religion & civilization, brutalization/targeting of civilians. Necessity knows no law by german chancellor bethmann-hollweg (aug. 4, 1914) Citizens of belgium were targeted even though their country was neutral : germany terrorized belgium and forced people to flee (ruthless) German airships bombed entire cities completing disregarding citizens. Wanted to starve the people into submission.