| World War One was a total war, and in such conflicts, restraints are cast aside. |
| The Vietnam War was not a total war because America feared Chinese intervention, as happened in Korea. |
| Newspaper proprietors accepted the new controls on the altar of total war and co-operated in disseminating government propaganda. |
| On Republic Day, the Prime Minister used warlike words to assure the nation of a coming total war against the criminal onslaught. |
| However, another aspect of total war, unrestricted submarine warfare, caused the USA to enter the war and to a degree negate success in the east. |
| If the two don't speak to each other, the world edges closer to the precipice of total war. |
