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In "The Great Gatsby", Nick says that he participated in WWI and enjoyed it, saying: "I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless." Would the war have actually been that easy for someone like Nick, who comes from a very wealthy family?

by /u/_Mehdi_haned in /r/AskHistorians

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