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War and Peace is a complex, composite, multi-layered, messy, lumpy novel. It is a multilingual book, 90% Russian, 10% French, with traces of German. It is an epic-scale chronicle covering the history of Russia from 1805 to 1820 and, more specifically, the Napoleonic invasion of 1812.
War and Peace Quotes. “We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”. “Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.”. “The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”.
Apr 24, 2018 · September 10, 2018. Diplomacy is dead. This is the main take-away of Ronan Farrow’s recent book “War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence”, a frightening look at the first stages of a growing new world military order and the death of hope for mankind.
My review concerns, War and Peace: Original Version, translated by Andrew Bromfield, Paperback, 912 pages, Published September 1st 2008 by Harper Perennial. The 912 pages is short by most standards (Goodreads.com shows 383 editions and the lengths of some of these editions can run into several thousands of pages, divided into multiple books).
Dec 31, 1990 · In War, Peace, and Victory Colin S. Gray shows how geography, technology, history and national culture shape government policy, and explains how nations pursue their strategic interests in times of peace. Genres History. 448 pages, Paperback. First published December 31, 1990. Book details & editions.
May 14, 2002 · Visionary and prophetic, The Shield of Achilles looks back at history, at the “Long War” of 1914-1990, and at the the death of the nation-state and the birth of a new kind of conflict without precedent. Genres History Nonfiction Politics War Military Fiction Philosophy Military History. ...more. 960 pages, Paperback. First published May 14 ...
Oct 1, 2013 · The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress, and hope. But in 1914, Europe walked into a catastrophic conflict that killed millions, bled its economies dry, shook empires and societies to pieces, and fatally undermined Europe’s dominance of the world.
Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist fiction. Many consider Tolstoy to have been one of the world's greatest novelists. Tolstoy is equally known for his complicated and paradoxical ...
629 books based on 33 votes: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, When Heaven and Earth Changed ...
Sep 27, 2022 · November 30, 2022. 'War and Peace: The Graphic Novel' by Leo Tolstoy with adaptation by Alexandr Poltorak with art by Dmitry Chukhrai is a pretty ambitious project. Taking place during the Napoleoic attack on Moscow, this story follows the lives of various people with various fortunes.
