Siegfried Sassoon was a captain in the British Army who was awarded a Military Cross for his bravery on the Western Front. He was known as a war hero for single-handedly capturing German trenches during his reckless ventures at night. During his convalescent leave after being badly wounded by a German sniper, Sassoon wrote “A Soldier’s Declaration”. He explained the grounds for his refusal to further serve in the army. In his statement, Sassoon asserted that he was “not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insecurities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.” Sassoon claimed that he was not against the nature of conducting war, but rather against the deceptive, hidden politics which