... and varied, beginning with Philip Taylor's view of Total War; "The entire resources of the nation had to be mobilised against the entire resources of the enemy before victory could be secured"1. Roger Chickering gives a much better definition; "Total war is distinguished by its intensity and extent. Theatres of operation span the globe; the scale of battle is practically limitless....Total war requires the mobilization not only of armed forces but also of whole populations."2. Gordon Wright discusses total war in a similar way, in that the battlefield is no longer limited to soldiers, but also includes civilians3. Hobsbawm shares this view; stating that modern warfare involves all citizens and mobilises most of them4. Additionally, it is possible to speculate that the compulsory inclusion of civilians into the armed forces or industries via conscription means that there are no longer 'civilian' targets within a nation mobilised for war. For example ...

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