Total War Dbq

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Total war has had numerous social and economical impacts on civilians in Britain. The idea in which both contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory. Both Sources A and C express these changes through recruiting propaganda and descriptive excerpts. Thus, Source A is arguably stronger in exploring the idea of total war and it’s change.

Source A is a Recruiting poster for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (W.A.A.C), March 1917. It is a primary source that it somewhat useful, in conveying a British perspective and their idea of total war in a changing society. The intended audience of Source A, targeted the majority of women wanting to participate in any capacity, and assist the social and economic aspects of society that were experiencing a shortage of men. Due to the nature of the poster, the clear English perspective portrays bias through (W.A.A.C) and the English crown symbol in top right …show more content…
It is an Excerpt from The Pity of War by N Ferguson London 1998 page 186. Niall Ferguson is a British historian from Scotland, conducting his argument that the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England’s fault. Thus, the excerpt is a detailed insight in to the social attitudes of the people and the act that was introduced such as the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) in order to imprison those who abided these new laws. Being a Published work, the intended audience would be the public engaging into society attitudes during World War 1. As a result of it being a secondary source written years after the event and his political prejudice, a sense of bias is upheld. Corroborating with Niall Ferguson motive, its reliability is diminished due the convincing bias and one-sided perspective. Although it’s unreliable its useful for a historian studying total war, as it It encapsulates the social and economic impact of total war and society’s “ethical and even religious”
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