Answer:
The First World War left a deep imprint on
European society and polity
(i)
Soldiers came to be placed above civilians.
(ii)
Politicians and publicists laid great success on the need for men to be aggressive,
strong and masculine. (iii) The media glorified trench life but actually
soldiers lived miserable lives in these trenches, trapped with rats feeding on
corpses.
(iv)
They faced poisonous gas and enemy shelling, and witnessed their ranks reduce
rapidly.
(v)
Aggressive war propaganda and national honour occupied centre stage in the
public sphere, while popular support grew for conservative dictatorships that
had recently come into being.
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