World history
How does Duhamel view the war as a corrupting force on western civilization?
In the same chapter, Duhamel mentions in passing how “the dark pupils” of a “black” colonial soldier “lingered lightly over all the marvelous details of this workshop for repairing the human machine.” What do the letters of Indian soldiers in the First World War suggest about how the experience of war affected – and perhaps transformed – thecgoir understanding of European civilization?
