Poetry of World War I, The - Volume III -

War may be rationalized as `diplomacy by other means' but the reality is that when tribes, Nations and peoples bring themselves into armed conflict with one another mayhem, terror and slaughter are the result.

In the First World War, The Great War, The War to End all Wars any idealistic aims that it was a `just cause' and would be all over in a few months were shattered against the vast scale of millions dead or wounded all for the often temporary gains of a few miles of shell-pocked mud. Hu...