War in Literature and Reality

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This paper explains that E.M. Remarque's "All Quite on the Western Front", about young German boys in the trenches of WWI just after completing school, argues strongly against war. The author points out that United States of America entered the twentieth century as a potential super power and its participation in WWI proved its ambitions for domination in world politics; the U.S.A. was saved from the Great Depression by WWII but, in the Korean War, there was no real change of borders. The paper stresses that the ideology of terrorism and religious fundamentalism has nothing to do with political ideologies and economical basis of aggression.

Table of Contents
The Book: E.M. Remarque's "All Quite on the Western Front"
The United States of America and War
The War on Terrorism

From the Paper:

"The horrors of the war as well as the death of his close friends had shown Paul the immorality and injustice of warfare: he participated in pointless military operations, stood one step away from death, he saw innocent people dying and shot English and French soldiers he bathed with during peace time. The main problem of Paul, his comrades and of all fighting soldiers from both sides was disillusion as they had no idea what they were fighting for. Their personal interests were not represented in the war, as they were not defending their motherland from invaders; they were not struggling for freedom but just were fighting for the private interests of their imperial governments."

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