Which was is considered to be the very first modern war?
Answer:
before answering this question, one must first define the concept of a “modern” war. Most definitions of modern warfare define it as a conflict which involves heavy industry, mass media, submarines, and a nationwide involvement within the conflict. There is an argument amongst historians as two which is the first modern war, with some claiming it to be the First World War and others as the American Civil War. Supporters of the theory of the Civil War being the first claim that the use of firearms, mass logistics, heavy industry, military intelligence, propaganda and photojournalism, and submarines defines it as the first modern war, whilst others claim that the fact that it was not an international or global war disqualifies it from being a modern conflict. In any case, the first large-scale modern war was either WWI or the American Civil War.