Posted: September 13th, 2017

With specific reference to the concept of ‘Total War’, did the First World War constitute a watershed in the way wars were fought?

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

Writer to follow instruction strictly:
First i will like a see the ESSAY PLAN/DRAFT
Writer must listen to lecture voice record (will be sent via Customer support team)
* Source/article/readings/journals written below must be used: First two journals in particular….
-Hew Strachan, ‘Essay and Reflection: On Total War and Modern War’, The International History Review, vol. 22 (2000), pp. 341-70.
– Talbot Imlay, ‘Total War’, Journal of Strategic Studies, 30:3 (2007), pp. 547-570.
-Roger Chickering, ‘Total War: The Use and Abuse of a Concept’ in Manfred Boemke et al (eds.) Anticipating Total War: The German & American Experiences, 1871-1914 (1999)
-Hew Strachan, ‘From Cabinet War to Total War: The Perspective of Military Doctrine, 1861-1918’ in Roger Chickering & Stig Förster (eds.) Great War, Total War: Combat & Mobilization on the Western Front, 1914-1918 (2000)

For us to know if the First World War constitutes a watershed in the way wars were fought,
The essay should examine/define the term total war? 
How total was the first world war? 
How is WWI different from wars that precedes it (i.e Comparative analysis)? Did WWI create a watershed in the way wars were fought? 
A plausible argument with examples should be given in this essay. Essay wordings must not be less than 2200 but could be more.
Do not hesitate to ask me any question please.