In “A Soldier’s Declaration” the author, Siegfried Sassoon, says that the public does not have “sufficient imagination” to realize the realities of war. Perhaps in 1917, when this piece was published, this was true. One hundred years ago, the camera was not widely used, neither was film, as it had just been invented. Radio was gaining more popularity, but it is hard to capture war and the suffering that comes with it in audio alone. The newspaper was how most people kept up with the progress of The Great War and they were often censored by the central government, so the public had no idea what the war was like to those in the heat of it.
Today, however, the public hardly even needs to use their imagination to realize what war looks like. Televised
Today, however, the public hardly even needs to use their imagination to realize what war looks like. Televised