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* Almost any ''[[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 [[War Is Glorious]] 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' [[Love Interest]] being suddenly shot [[Eye Scream|through the eye]] by a sniper).
* In [[Honor Harrington]] the main characters are intensely burdened by the death they have weighing on them which is up to the millions by the end of the war and much of it is brought on by mistakes or corruptions in high power. The descriptions of even the more-or-less [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen|honorable]] fighting between the Royal Manticoran Navy and the Havenite Navy(when it is not being overruled by political ideologues) are just less horrific then the descriptions of the non-millitary doings of villains like Masada, or Mesa or StateSec. The theme seems to be War is Hell but Tyranny is worse hell.
* Similarly and even more the case for being unfortunately [[Truth In Television]] [[The Winds of War and War and Remembrance]] does indeed regard war as horrific, but not without [[Screw the War, We're Partying|some]], [[Band of Brothers|compensations.]] By contrast the totally non-military behavior of Nazis who wear [[Bling of War]] but [[Miles Gloriosus|do nothing more belligerent]] than bully slaves around is far worse. Danger and hardship are shown from war. Concentration camps emphasize humiliation and helplessness as well. There is no question that the author thinks tyranny pushed to an extreme degree is even worse than war.
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