| total war definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | the channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort | 24 sets |
| 2 | -sherman convinced grant to let him try a bold plan -plan was to let civilians feel the pain of war -union troops destroyed anything usefull to the south | 14 sets |
| 3 | the channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort. | 10 sets |
| 4 | channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort | 10 sets |
| 5 | all-out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat | 7 sets |
| 6 | channeling of a nations entire resources into a war effort | 7 sets |
| 7 | war on all aspects of the enemy's life | 5 sets |
| 8 | the channeling of a nation’s entire resources into a war effort. | 5 sets |
| 9 | everyone and everything is a target | 5 sets |
| 10 | a conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort. | 5 sets |
| 11 | a war in which every available weapon is used and the nation's full financial resources are devoted | 4 sets |
| 12 | all-out attacks aimed at destroying not only an enemy's army but also its resources and its people's will to fight | 4 sets |
| 13 | countries devoted all their resources to the war effort | 3 sets |
| 14 | tyoe of war in which an army destroys its opponent's ability to fight by attacking civilian and economic, as well as military, targets. | 3 sets |
| 15 | strategy of destroying anything that will help the enemy. used by sherman to help union win | 3 sets |
| 16 | destroying both civilian and military resources | 3 sets |
| 17 | all out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat | 3 sets |
| 18 | type of war in which an army destroys its opponent's ability to fight by attacking civilian and economic, as well as military, targets. | 3 sets |
| 19 | the channeling of a nation's entire resources into the war effort | 3 sets |
| 20 | a war in which all countries devote all of their resources into the war effort | 3 sets |
| 21 | a war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefields. | 3 sets |
| 22 | warfare characteristic of 19th and 20th c conflicts. mobilized all of a society's resources--eco, pol, cultural--in support of the military effort. armies grew dramatically in size and were composed of civilians rather than professional soldiers. the civilians and industries that supported the war effort increasingly became the object of enemy attack. i.e. sherman's march through ga | 2 sets |
| 23 | to either destroy everything in your way or take it with you so that nothing helps the other side | 2 sets |
| 24 | attacking civilians | 2 sets |
| 25 | all resources are put to the war effort | 2 sets |
| 26 | productive activity of entire civilian population and economy directed towards military victory. women taking up traditional men's roles. government set up state monopolies to guarantee supplies for waging war such as manufacturing munitions, rationing of food supplies and quotas for agricultural producers. silencing of dissent | 2 sets |
| 27 | all resources toward the war | 2 sets |
| 28 | method of waging war | 2 sets |
| 29 | channeling a nation's entire resources into the war effort | 2 sets |
| 30 | world war i was a ____________, meaning that it involved a complete mobilization of resources and people. | 2 sets |
| 31 | destroy army and resources | 2 sets |
| 32 | complete involvement in a war effort by all civilians in an all-out cultural support | 2 sets |
| 33 | conflict involving not just armies, but entire nations | 2 sets |
| 34 | war that ivolves complete mobilization of resources and people affecting the lives of all citizens in the waring countries, even those remote from battlefields | 2 sets |
| 35 | destruction of everything | 2 sets |
| 36 | wwi was a ___ ___, meaning that it involved a complete mobilization of resources and people | 2 sets |
| 37 | putting all resources of a nation into a war. | 2 sets |
| 38 | grant's plan to win the war | 2 sets |
| 39 | the channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effect | 2 sets |
| 40 | the channeling of a nation’s entire resources into a war effort | 2 sets |