Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world. (Jean-Paul Sartre)

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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