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In the post-World War I novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, a young soldier named Paul says of the older generation: “The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with greater insight and a more humane wisdom. But the first death we saw shattered this belief.”
-Erich Maria Remarque
A common theme in post-WWI literature showed how WWI affected soldiers view of their leaders. This is how WWI soldiers viewed their leaders.
What is the horrors of war destroyed the young soldiers' trust in their elders?