Social Participation and Totalitarian War

Total war requires planning of civilian as well as military activities. Yet our social control is unstable because of antiquated conceptions regarding individual participation. Citizens are more specialized in their interests and outlooks than traditional theory assumes, yet they are also more capable of individual resourcefulness, within the framework of a plan, than government practices encourage. Total war and also post-war society will demand greater use of this individual creativity, and also the adjustment of conflicting interests through group action and compromise rather than through unrealistic, emotional identification

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