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Civilians Participation In A Total War

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A Total War involves all military and civilians of a nation. As the war extended it drained the nation economic and resources as well an enormous loss of a generation of young men’s lives that it leads to the destruction of the nation's political, economic, and civilian populations. Civilians participation in the war seen more of a hardship for they worked to make the munitions for the war, they paid higher taxes and they had to ration their food supply. Many people lost faith in the government when the government took control of civilian’s life and when the government where unable to supply the minimum living essentials they rioted and went on strikes. I feel that what played a role in the start of the war was the constant rivalry and

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