There were many books and films written depicting the horrors of World War I. Today we tend to forget this conflict as one that occurred in the distant mists of history. The idea of men fighting conflicts from the trenches seems outdated and unrealistic compared to how war is fought...

Erich Maria Remarque’s classic 1928 novel All Quiet on the Western Front remains one of the twentieth century’s most poignant critiques of modern warfare. Remarque himself served with the German military during the First World War and the details related in the novel reflect a deep familiarity with the conditions...