d the war in order to please their families and peers at home; entering was equated with pride, bravery and selflessness. Messages were given similar to those introduced by Anarchists of the late nineteenth century, making volunteers for the war "...men of courage willing not only to speak but to act, pure characters who prefer prison, exile or death to a life that contradicts their principles, bold natures who know that in order to win one must dare" (Tuchman 32). And not only were citizens expected to enlist, but were intended to prepare to die for their country: "It will be more beautiful and wonderful to live forever among the heroes on a war memorial in a church than to die an empty death in bed, nameless..." (Bond 76). Women, as well as the men, were to "...go on doing [their] bit, because England [was] proud of her brave daughters" (Smith 31). But as thousands lined up to show their respect and honor for their country, possibly with their very lives, others already involved in the battles discovered that war wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
             The men and women, who had been so eager to fight for what they believed in, soon understood that those at home did not fully comprehend the realities of war. "Oh, the people who were sleeping in a bed and who tomorrow, reading their newspaper, would say joyously – 'they are still holding!' Could they imagine what that simple word 'hold' meant?" (Horne 177). Every truth, every virtue, every principle that they had held before becoming direct participants was questioned. Some even began to resent the country that had sent them there. It seemed while those at home were admiring the members in battle, those actually taking part in it were disgusted with those who had put them t
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