“All Quiet on the Western Front”: Effects of War All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a considered a great war novel in that it describes, in amazing detail, the experience of a German Soldier at front lines of World War I. As it describes the effects of war, we can also consider this book one of the greatest anti-war novels ever written. War puts men who are similar, all except that they wear a different uniform, against each other to fight and kill. When Paul saw the Russian Prisoners at the training camp, he began to see that the Russians were human as well. This is significant because until then, Paul saw the Ru