“The typical WW1 soldier was not an intellectual like Ernst Jünger or Wilfred Owen, but was a peasant draftee from Galicia or Bavaria or Sicily, with all the traditional religious ideas. The hothouse atmosphere of war brought everyone into a supernatural-oriented universe of ghosts and apparitions.” IdeasWarUniverseReligiousIntellectualSoldierGhostTraditionalAtmosphereTypicalPeasantsApparitions Author:Philip Jenkins
“Apocalyptic expectations ran riot in 1917, and had a major influence on Allied policies towards Palestine and the Jewish people. The propaganda of all nations was amazingly religious and apocalyptic - ghosts and visions, crucifixions and sacrifice, crusaders and holy warriors.” PeopleNationsReligiousVisionSacrificeInfluencePolicyHolyMajorsExpectationsGhostWarriorPropagandaRanPalestineRiotApocalypticCrucifixion Author:Philip Jenkins
