All Quiet on the Western Front Stresses the Futility of War

Article abstract: Written by a participant in World War I, All Quiet on the Western Front, with its vivid descriptions of the horror and waste of armed conflict as well as of the humanity and comradeship of the combatants, became a powerful antiwar statement.

Summary of Event

In August, 1914, after the longest period of uninterrupted peace in European history up to that time (forty-three years), Germany plunged the world into war. Four years of slaughter brought unheard-of human and material loss. Of all the nations involved, Germany, with 1.8 million...

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