{"product_id":"tolstoy-on-war-rick-mcpeak-9780801448980","title":"Tolstoy on War: Narrative Art and Historical Truth in War and Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1812, Napoleon launched his fateful invasion of Russia. Five decades later, Leo Tolstoy published \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, a fictional representation of the era that is one of the most celebrated novels in world literature. The novel contains a coherent (though much disputed) philosophy of history and portrays the history and military strategy of its time in a manner that offers lessons for the soldiers of today. To mark the two hundredth anniversary of the French invasion of Russia and acknowledge the importance of Tolstoy's novel for our historical memory of its central events, Rick McPeak and Donna Tussing Orwin have assembled a distinguished group of scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds--literary criticism, history, social science, and philosophy--to provide fresh readings of the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eTolstoy On War\u003c\/i\u003e focus primarily on the novel's depictions of war and history, and the range of responses suggests that these remain inexhaustible topics of debate. The result is a volume that opens fruitful new avenues of understanding \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e while providing a range of perspectives and interpretations without parallel in the vast literature on the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003eAlan Forrest, University of York; Andreas Herberg-Rothe, University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany; Dominic Lieven, Trinity College, Cambridge University; Jeff Love, Clemson University; Alexander M. Martin, University of Notre Dame; Rick McPeak, United States Military Academy at West Point; Gary Saul Morson, Northwestern University;Donna Tussing Orwin, University of Toronto; Elizabeth D. Samet, United States Military Academy at West Point; Dan Ungurianu, Vassar College; David A. Welch, Balsillie School of International Affairs and University of Waterloo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rick McPeak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801448980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801448980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013","brand":"Rick McPeak","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425067647231,"sku":"9780801448980","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf9df5d8-8608-4c9a-ab1a-10dea0ae142d.jpg?v=1761536785","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tolstoy-on-war-rick-mcpeak-9780801448980","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}