All Quiet On the Western Front: The Destructiveness of War In the praiseworthy novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, the destructiveness of war, among other things, is a main focus; as evidenced in this statement from the forward: “It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war”. Valiant soldiers risked their lives physically. Most were injured; many died. Whether or not they suffered a physical injury, they sustained great emotional scars. Along with the deterioration of the men came the deterioration of the land, which in the end was le