Was there ever a better example of why the government needs to be kept away from news outlets?
The initial premise of which is that the townsfolk talk war up as a glamorous and noble thing, so all the boys enlist at the outbreak of WWI, only to find what absolute hell it is.
Actually makes me want to go back and read the book. Or maybe re-read? I don't remember if we read it before we watched the film.
[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/355697.All_Quiet_on_the_...