Reality and Ideology of the Totalitarian State

The totalitarian state appeared as a state engaged in war. In the World War, for the first time in the twentieth century, the total reserves of national strength were concentrated in one great effort to destroy the enemy. The war was not the concern of the mobilized armies alone. It engaged the whole nation. “It was no longer possible (in the World War) to determine at what point the strength of the civilian population passed into the strength of the army and navy.” The army and the people constituted a single unit and as such they conducted the war. As a unit they faced their threatening opponent, who presented a similar common front. “The fighting ability of the forces at the front was conditioned by the fighting ability of the people at home

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• Modern Culture and the New European War

  Open Access•N N Alexeiev•The Review of Politics•1940

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• The Literature on War

  Open Access•William O Shanahan•The Review of Politics•1942

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• Trends in Modern Politics

  Open Access•Waldemar Gurian•The Review of Politics•1940

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• Pareto's General Sociology

  Lawrence J Henderson•Pareto's General Sociology•1935

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• Meine Kriegserinnerungen, 1914-1918

  John Bigelow, Erich Ludendorff et al.•The American Historical Review•1920

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• The Crisis of Democracy

  W F Cottrell, William E Rappard•American Sociological Review•1938

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