Would you consider Ernest Hemingway an anti-war writer? Substantiate your answer with reference to the story "Old Man at the Bridge."

In itself, "The Old Man at the Bridge" cannot place Hemingway's values as anti-war, but it is clear that he wants to expose some of the realities of war through the story.
The old man, who is never named, becomes an extension of all people who are victims of circumstance. The man has done nothing wrong, has inflicted no injustice on his fellow man. In fact, he explains to the soldier that he is "without politics." His sole concern is to take care of the animals he owns, and since he has been forced to flee due to impending enemy bombings, he finds that he has nothing left to live for. He is deeply concerned about the life he has left behind in an effort to save his own; these animals depend on him for their own survival.
Hemingway is noting a truth about war: innocent people are killed (although the old man's fate is not known, the likelihood that his survives this scene is not probable) and those depending on the living are left without hope. Hemingway conveys this truth in a detached tone, implying that the soldiers are merely following orders and accomplishing tasks they have been asked to do.
However, the truth remains that war forever changes even the innocent.