War Poetry: Comparative Essay; The First World War Changed..

The First World War was probably the occurrence that has had the most profound effect on people’s views on the principles of war and patriotism. Before the War there was a glamorous, even attractive idea of war portrayed by the government, this view was accepted by the public, hence the massive amounts of voluntary enlistment during the first few months of the War. With the introduction of photographic technology the traditional idea of war and death for your country was shattered, it was revealed to a quite unprepared public that they were sending their "boys" out into a hell of mud, death and inhuman suffering that could reduce the most determined of soldiers to a state of total incompetence, both mentally and physically.

A war is no longer the clashing of individuals in more or less single combat, it is the clashing of governments, the enemy is not the man that you kill with your bayonet, it is the state responsible for placing him in the path of that thrust. Unlike medieval battles where champions of the armies could often settle disputes and the most fierce battles were fought either by volunte

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Approximate Word count = 2009
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)