1. The French Revolution
... war was seen as an adventure, and perhaps because the last war where there was mass recruitment was almost one hundred years previous, the majority of those fighting in the interlude being well-trained career soldiers. Source C, however, is a much later source, as can be determined from the approach it uses to "persuade" people to enlist, preventing the "mad brute (of ... out from the soaked soil one hand seemingly pointing at the sky in an accusing gesture." Source I creates a rather lame sense in comparison, the war being a happy place, the blissful scene adding to the overall picture...
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