... many for his literary genius and despised by the ultra-Nationalist Nazi regime - the latter held book burnings of All Quiet on the Western Front after exiling Remarque to Switzerland. Before it is possible to delve into the aforementioned themes of the futile agonies of war and the perils of Nationalism, it is necessary to understand the political and social climate in which Remarque was writing. (All subsequent historical references from HI 30 class lecture ... on 10/7/2003.) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, sole heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne ... ...

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... outweigh them by a landslide. Gandhi once commented, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent." The quote describes how even though violence appears to be a viable solution, the benefits are only temporary and will only promote further mayhem. World War I was an international war centered in Europe that ... was stretched to four years and ended in 1918 when countries of the Central Powers signed armistice agreements. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque describes the experiences of Germ...

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... those were most innovative weapons. From watching the movie All Quiet on the Western Front I learned a lot about how bad the war really was for the soldiers sitting on the front line. I knew that the medical attention in the war was suffering pretty hard under those conditions but I never imagined that there was so few help for the wounded soldiers. There was hardly room for the injured soldiers, and the medical supplies were rather provisional and there ... men who just had begun to fight. It's also important to see the counterpart to one view of the war. Only learning the war from the...

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