7. War and Peace from the Military Point of View
Journal: Cornell University Press eBooks
Year: 2017

Leo Tolstoy had fi rsthand experience of war and the military.He served almost fi ve years in the army (January 1852 to November 1856), and during the Crimean War he even considered a military career.He chose literature over the army after the success of his fi rst Sevastopol sketch, but his interest in the military and war did not disappear.When War and Peace began to appear a decade later, he was especially eager to hear the responses of military readers.These readers had a special stake in th