Amazon Recommendations

i've finally gotten around to adding amazon recommendations to WFD. world war one heralded the advent of modern warfare in all its ugly reality. my first job out of college was writing online study guides for english language literature.

writing the guide for all quiet on the western front was emotionally draining. what makes this book even more compelling is that it was written from the perspective of a german soldier, but it could have been written by any common combat soldier. the novel viciously tears to shreds the romantic myths of warfare.

we need to question the desire to create 'heroes' out of people like pat tillman and jessica lynch. one of the most poignant scenes in remarque's novel takes place when the narrator visits his family while on leave. he is unable to tell them and other civilians the awful truth about his experiences on the war front.

it's time to stop boxing soldiers into ideologically comfortable myths. let them and their experiences speak for themselves because neither belongs to us. if you can't face the whole ugly truth about war, then you shouldn't support it. no more minimizing the catastrophic effects of combat on our troops or the prisoners of war that some of them torture, humiliate and abuse.