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DescriptionPaul Bäumer is just 19 years old when he and his classmates enlist. They are Germany’s Iron Youth who enter the war with high ideals and leave it disillusioned or dead. As Paul struggles with the realities of the man he has become, and the inscrutable world to which he must return, he is led like a ghost of his former self into the war’s final hours. All Quiet is one of the greatest war novels of all time, an eloquent expression of the futility, hopelessness and irreparable losses of war.
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There are currently 2 reviews for this Book.
 Horrors of War
(Review of the Unabridged version of All Quiet on the Western Front)
No heros or villians here, only stark and unyielding details of the horror of war and resulting closeness of the relationships between soldiers. This offering also brings into extreme focus the simple fact that soldiers, in the end, do not fight for country or cause but instead, out of a feeling of responsibiliy and kinship to their comrades. - Reviewer from Glenview, Illinois
 Fantastic Book - Everyone Should Read!
(Review of the Unabridged version of All Quiet on the Western Front)
This was a very moving book that describes the horrors of war in and "up close and personal" manner. The randomness of death reminded me of some scenes from "Saving Private Ryan". While Im not a pacifist, this book would do well to temper the glorification of war that takes place in many societies. The ending is especially poignant. Has been one of my favorite reads of the last year. - Reviewer from Fremont, Nebraska
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