‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ is horror in splendid color, but is it enough?

The latest cinematic telling of the classic story succeeds in conveying the futility of world war, even if we are about to unlearn that lesson.

CHRISTOPHER MOTT
CHRISTOPHER MOTT
Christopher Mott is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy and the author of the book, The Formless Empire: A Short History of Diplomacy and Warfare in Central Asia. He holds a doctorate in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews, and has previously worked for the U.S. Department of State