No More Parades: A novel

"No More Parades" by Ford Madox Ford is a novel that explores the minds and feelings of soldiers in World War I, centering on Captain Christopher Tietjens and his unit at their French base. It paints a picture of the pressures, disappointments, and everyday difficulties of being a soldier, with the chaos and pointlessness of war always in the background. The book starts in a busy hut where soldiers get ready for another night fighting, showing their fear and hopelessness as they try to pass the time while dreading what’s coming. Captain Tietjens finds himself more and more distracted by his troubled relationship with his wife, Sylvia, while still trying to take care of his soldiers. As the story goes on, the tension grows, revealing the brutal truth of war and how it affects Tietjens and his fellow soldiers, showing that their lives are a tangled mix of obligation, faithfulness, and personal problems in the middle of total disorder.