History 482 Discussion Questions
September 18, 2013

1. What is total war, according to Jay Winter?  What specifically separates WWI from previous wars, and why does it occur?
   
   Questions for The Great War: Total War
   
    

2. While war is traditionally seen as a male activity, total war meant that women were crucial to the war effort. How and why did women participate?

3. What was the new type of warfare that emerged on the battlefields of Europe?  Why did it emerge?  What was its impact on the conduct of war?

4. How did a European war become a ‘world war’? What were the implications of that for the post-war world?

5. What is genocide?  Why does it emerge in WWI?
   
    

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