War can wreak havoc on the minds and souls of those fighting it. Victory is difficult to define and the grey area between heroics and mere survival is nondescript. When one World War I soldier, a cellist, throws away his rifle in frustration at the...

They call it the theater of war. It’s an excuse for whenever something goes wrong and no one wants to take the blame. It’s also a metaphor for what it means to be in the action, willingly or not. Everyone is a number and everyone,...