Homework - Read up to the section "Treaty of Versailles".
Question # 3 - Total War – Historian Jay
Winter has described the development of Total War as, "The nature of that
kind of war opens up the whole issue of whether this conflict began in a 19th
Century fashion with a degree of understanding about what the limits of
violence were, and, slowly but surely – 1915 is a critical moment – those
limits were pushed and pushed and pushed until they didn't exist anymore. So
that by the end of 1915, you could say that everyone in each combatant country
was at risk. No one was safe. Everyone was a target.” How did the process of Total War expand the scope of the war
until “Everyone was a target” - killing civilians was considered a legitemate action in war?
