Total War in the Twentieth Century Has Proved to Be an Agency of Social Division Rather than of National Integration

Total War in the Twentieth century has proved to be an agency of social division rather than of national integration.
Total War has been described as war which "draws from every political, social, economic and cultural sphere of a nation state" . The first major example of this is the First World War. It is clear that this war changed society and had wide ranging effects on the nations directly involved in the war. However, the extent to which it divided society is an interesting topic of argument. While governments would look to advocate policies of national integration in order to maximise their resources in such a war of attrition, there are also examples of how social boundaries were extenuated. This occurs in terms of social class and also gender.
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