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* Almost any ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' novel where the main characters are soldiers will have this as one of its themes. The notable examples are ''Speed of Darkness'' (in which a forcibly-conscripted Confederate marine takes part in one of the first engagements with the Zerg) and ''Heaven's Devils'', featuring Jim Raynor as a fresh Confederate recruit who bought into the WarIsGlorious propaganda before finding out for himself that it's far from it. The latter case actually takes place ''before'' the game's storyline and features the war between the Confederacy of Man and the Kel-Morian Combine, with both governments being full of corruption and greed. There is plenty of both heroic and senseless deaths (such as one of the main characters' LoveInterest being suddenly shot [[EyeScream through the eye]] by a sniper).
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* Almost any ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' novel where the main characters are soldiers will have this as one of its themes. The notable examples are ''Speed of Darkness'' (in which a forcibly-conscripted Confederate marine takes part in one of the first engagements with the Zerg) and ''Heaven's Devils'', featuring Jim Raynor as a fresh Confederate recruit who bought into the WarIsGlorious propaganda before finding out for himself that it's far from it. The latter case actually takes place ''before'' the game's storyline and features the war between the Confederacy of Man and the Kel-Morian Combine, with both governments being full of corruption and greed. There is plenty of both heroic and senseless deaths (such as one of the main characters' LoveInterest character's {{Love Interest|s}} being suddenly shot [[EyeScream through the eye]] by a sniper).
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* ''Literature/ThePianistFromSyria'': Aeham's family are trapped in Syria during the Civil War and witness horrific things firsthand at the hands of Bashar Al-Assad.
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* ''Literature/ThePianistFromSyria'': ''Literature/ThePianistFromSyriaAMemoir'': Aeham's family are trapped in Syria during the Civil War and witness horrific things firsthand at the hands of Bashar Al-Assad.
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*''Literature/ThePianistFromSyria'': Aeham's family are trapped in Syria during the Civil War and witness horrific things firsthand at the hands of Bashar Al-Assad.
--> ''Assad had cut us off from the rest of the world. We had no water, no electricity, no bread, no rice. By that time, more than a hundred people had died of starvation.''
--> ''Assad had cut us off from the rest of the world. We had no water, no electricity, no bread, no rice. By that time, more than a hundred people had died of starvation.''
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* ''Literature/TheSwordOfSaintFerdinand'': The war between Castilians and Andalusians claims hundreds of lives. Several characters express horror at the slaughter, and at one point one soldier observes that vultures are the only ones who are profiting from each battle.
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* ''[[https://bridgeofsunlight.wordpress.com/2023/11/30/kham-thien-luu-quang-vu-1972/ Khâm Thiên]]'' by Lưu Quang Vũ portrays the horrific aftermath of the carpet-bombing of the eponymous area in Hanoi. The poet criticizes world leaders, people responsible for the carnage, their mothers, bystanders who "find [their] conscience calm in [the Vietnamese] agony", and opines that humanity's achievements are worth nothing if war is allowed to continue.
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* ''{{Literature/Cilva}}'', the prequel to ''Literature/RememberToAlwaysBeBrave'', showcases this on a much more personal side, and the breakdown of order due to political interference and unforeseen events.
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* ''{{Literature/Cilva}}'', ''Literature/{{Cilva}}'', the prequel to ''Literature/RememberToAlwaysBeBrave'', showcases this on a much more personal side, and the breakdown of order due to political interference and unforeseen events.
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* KatharineKerr's [[{{Literature/Deverry}} Deverry Cycle]] books are mostly set in a recurring cycle of bloodshed and violence. The events of 835-843 are especially stark in being this. The main timeline is nicer, but the peasantry still doesn't fare well when the Lords go to war.
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* KatharineKerr's [[{{Literature/Deverry}} Deverry Cycle]] Creator/KatharineKerr's ''{{Literature/Deverry}}'' books are mostly set in a recurring cycle of bloodshed and violence. The events of 835-843 are especially stark in being this. The main timeline is nicer, but the peasantry still doesn't fare well when the Lords go to war.
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** ''Literature/TheFallOfNumenor'':
*** Although the Free Peoples win the first War against Sauron, many people are killed in the conflict, the northwest of Middle-Earth is ravaged (again), and the Númenoreans start their slide from peaceful and learned society to colonizing, plundering, devil-worshipper warlords. There is an underlying message that, even if your cause ''is'' just, war will more often than not lead to evil.
*** The War of the Last Alliance causes a massive number of casualties among the Free Peoples and Sauron's slaves (and the ghosts of Men killed in the Battle of Dagorlad will haunt the Dead Marshes for millennia), destroys the last High-Elven Kingdom in Middle-Earth and leads the eventual collapse and depopulation of the northwest of Middle-Earth (once again). And their victory is rendered worhtless anyway since the One Ring was not destroyed, guaranteeing which Sauron would rise again.
*** Although the Free Peoples win the first War against Sauron, many people are killed in the conflict, the northwest of Middle-Earth is ravaged (again), and the Númenoreans start their slide from peaceful and learned society to colonizing, plundering, devil-worshipper warlords. There is an underlying message that, even if your cause ''is'' just, war will more often than not lead to evil.
*** The War of the Last Alliance causes a massive number of casualties among the Free Peoples and Sauron's slaves (and the ghosts of Men killed in the Battle of Dagorlad will haunt the Dead Marshes for millennia), destroys the last High-Elven Kingdom in Middle-Earth and leads the eventual collapse and depopulation of the northwest of Middle-Earth (once again). And their victory is rendered worhtless anyway since the One Ring was not destroyed, guaranteeing which Sauron would rise again.
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* ''LightNovel/FateZero'', ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight's'' LightNovel prequel, shows just how brutal and unforgiving the fourth Holy Grail War was, with mass murder, deception, betrayal, and all the terrible things the Masters do just to get a chance to win the coveted Holy Grail.
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* ''LightNovel/FateZero'', ''Literature/FateZero'', ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight's'' LightNovel prequel, shows just how brutal and unforgiving the fourth Holy Grail War was, with mass murder, deception, betrayal, and all the terrible things the Masters do just to get a chance to win the coveted Holy Grail.
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* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendairum'':
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Pro patria mori.[[note]]A quote from the Roman poet Horace: "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."[[/note]]
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Pro patria mori.[[note]]A quote from the Roman poet Horace: "It is sweet and fitting proper to die for one's country."[[/note]]
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* Sabine Ebert's ''Literature/1813'' and later ''Literature/1815'' ARE this trope. Named characters are dying in droves, even children as young as ten, a church in which the characters are hiding out together with villagers is bombed and the gory injuries and unhygienic field hospitals of the UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars are described to detail. Ebert herself wrote that it was a purpose of the work to make clear that the UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars were wars like every war we can think of today - what, she says, often seems forgotten by many.
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* Sabine Ebert's ''Literature/1813'' ''1813'' and later ''Literature/1815'' ''1815'' ARE this trope. Named characters are dying in droves, even children as young as ten, a church in which the characters are hiding out together with villagers is bombed and the gory injuries and unhygienic field hospitals of the UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars are described to detail. Ebert herself wrote that it was a purpose of the work to make clear that the UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars were wars like every war we can think of today - what, she says, often seems forgotten by many.
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* Sabine Ebert's ''1813'' and later ''1815'' basically ARE this trope. Named characters are dying in droves, even children as young as ten, a church in which the characters are hiding out together with villagers is bombed and the gory injuries and unhygienic field hospitals of the Napoleonic Wars are described to detail. Ebert herself wrote that it was a purpose of the work to make clear that the Napoleonic Wars were wars like every war we can think of today.
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* Sabine Ebert's ''1813'' ''Literature/1813'' and later ''1815'' basically ''Literature/1815'' ARE this trope. Named characters are dying in droves, even children as young as ten, a church in which the characters are hiding out together with villagers is bombed and the gory injuries and unhygienic field hospitals of the Napoleonic Wars UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars are described to detail. Ebert herself wrote that it was a purpose of the work to make clear that the Napoleonic Wars UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars were wars like every war we can think of today.
today - what, she says, often seems forgotten by many.
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* Sabine Ebert's ''1813'' and later ''1815'' basically ARE this trope. Named characters are dying in droves, even children as young as ten, a church in which the characters are hiding out together with villagers is bombed and the gory injuries and unhygienic field hospitals of the Napoleonic Wars are described to detail. Ebert herself wrote that it was a purpose of the work to make clear that the Napoleonic Wars were wars like every war we can think of today.
