Editing Total war (section)

==Other conflicts==

The following post-World War II conflicts have been characterized as "total war":

* [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]] (1948–1949)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Naor |first1=Moshe |title=Israel's 1948 War of Independence as a Total War |journal=Journal of Contemporary History |date=April 2008 |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=241–257 |doi=10.1177/0022009408089031 |jstor=30036505 }}</ref>
* [[Iran–Iraq War]] (1980–1988)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Farzanegan |first1=Mohammad Reza |last2=Gholipour |first2=Hassan F. |date=November 2021 |title=Growing up in the Iran–Iraq war and preferences for strong defense |journal=Review of Development Economics |language=en |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=1945–1968 |doi=10.1111/rode.12806 |issn=1363-6669 |quote=it was a total war and it included three modes of warfare not observed in previous wars since 1945: indiscriminate ballistic missile attacks on cities from both sides, but mainly by Iraq; the significant use of chemical weapons by Iraq; and approximately 520 attacks on third-country oil tankers in the Persian Gulf.|doi-access=free |hdl=10419/284793 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] (2022–present)<ref name="RUSItotalwar">{{cite web |title=Russian Total War in Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities |url=https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/russian-total-war-ukraine-challenges-and-opportunities |access-date=19 March 2023 |website=RUSI}}</ref>
* [[Gaza war]] (2023-present)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Craig |last2=Mousamputri |first2=Ichamati |last3=Griffiths |first3=Mark |title=Duality and dual use in Israel's war on Gaza |journal=Political Geography |date=October 2024 |volume=114 |pages=103188 |doi=10.1016/j.polgeo.2024.103188 |doi-access=free }}</ref>