Zweig- The Rushing Feeling of Fraternity

In Austria, the war turned from something everyone wanted to avoid to a great celebration overnight. This was accomplished by the massive propaganda issued by the gov't -the propaganda is irresistable, even to one who knows the inept people behind it -even those who hated the war were prone to this celebration -people were making history, and wanted their country to be at the very center -classes and ranks disappeared -life seemed to have endless possibilities -fervor could be attributed to Freud's "primative human instincts" -great tool to instill confidence in new troops -these people didn't actually know what real war was -war seemed romantic and heroic, but the people were quickly disillusioned