Soldiers stationed far from combat can doubt the war’s reality despite being enlisted

Evidence

The war? he wondered, shrugging his shoulders peevishly, “who knows if there even is a war? If there were, we’d hear about it.” — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 88

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 88
• XREF: connects to: Being bypassed by a distant battle can produce a false sense of security — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 421; Soldiers can experience wartime as sheltered idyll rather than danger — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 47; Prolonged suspended threat erodes soldiers’ sense of purpose and duty — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 307 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• People can witness visible war signs without emotionally registering danger #corroborates (0.78) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 387
• Prolonged suspended threat erodes soldiers’ sense of purpose and duty #expands (0.72) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 307