2. The Use of Historical Sources in War and Peace

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note to the Reader ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Tolstoy on War, Russia, and Empire 12
7. 2. The Use of Historical Sources in War and Peace 26
8. 3. Moscow in 1812: Myths and Realities 42
9. 4. The French at War: Representations of the Enemy in War and Peace 59
10. 5. Symposium of Quotations: Wit and Other Short Genres in War and Peace 74
11. 6. The Great Man in War and Peace 85
12. 7. War and Peace from the Military Point of View 98
13. 8. Tolstoy and Clausewitz: The Duel as a Microcosm of War 111
14. 9. The Awful Poetry of War: Tolstoy’s Borodino 123
15. 10. Tolstoy and Clausewitz: The Dialectics of War 140
16. 11. The Disobediences of War and Peace 160
17. 12. Tolstoy the International Relations Theorist 175
18. War and Peace at West Point 190
19. Notes 195
20. Works Cited 221
21. List of Contributors 237
22. Index 239