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'Evaluate how and why attitudes to war
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'Evaluate how and why attitudes to war had changed from 1914 to 1918. World War 1 was a war without parallel - all previous wars eclipsed by its scale of destruction. Up to this point in history, war seem be be heroic and glamorous. Before 1914, when people in Europe thought about war they often thought of the glory and the excitement. Young men of the richer classes in every country were keen to be officers, and many felt that war was a noble experinence, showing a nation at it's best. Of course, people knew that war caused bloodshed and waste, but before 1914 it was mainly sloiders and sailors themsleves who suffered. Life at home usually went on as before, but with the extra excitement of news from the battlefield. Not everyone thought like this even in 1914. By 1918, not many did. Most people now saw war as horrible...
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