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In the Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English, academic Zoja Pavlovskis-Petit has this to say about the translations of War and Peace available in 2000: "Of all the translations of War and Peace, Dunnigan's (1968) is the best. ... Unlike the other translators, Dunnigan even succeeds with many characteristically Russian folk ...
The Sevastopol Sketches (pre-reform Russian: Севастопольскіе разсказы, romanized: Sevastópolʹskiye razskázy; post-reform Russian: Севастопольские рассказы, romanized: Sevastópolʹskiye rasskázy), translated into English as Sebastopol Sketches or Sebastopol Stories or Sevastopol, [1] are three short stories by Leo Tolstoy published in 1855 to ...
De jure belli ac pacis, title page from the first edition of 1625. De jure belli ac pacis, title page from the second edition of 1631.. De iure belli ac pacis (English: On the Law of War and Peace) is a 1625 book written by Hugo Grotius on the legal status of war that is regarded as a foundational work in international law.
German translation as Governo della cavalleria, Das ist, Bericht Von Anführung der leichten Pferde (1614) [37] French translation as Le gouvernement de la cavallerie légère (1616). [38] 1625. De iure belli ac pacis. Hugo Grotius. English translation as The Rights of War and Peace (1814). [39] 1633. Principes de l'art militaire. Gamaliel de ...
The author then explores the causes of war, in particular, the role of national honor as a justification for war, critiquing its shallow and often hypocritical use by political leaders. One key example cited is the First Opium War where British officials framed the war in terms of national security and honor, while the author reveals the true ...
Perpetual peace; a philosophical essay, 1917 English translation by Mary Campbell Smith Page images at Internet Archive; Transcribed text at Project Gutenberg; Perpetual Peace public domain audiobook at LibriVox; Zum ewigen Frieden public domain audiobook at LibriVox (German original)
In addition to the theme of resistance, determinism is a major theme, as it is in War and Peace. An even clearer theme is the struggle between Christian Russia and Muslim Caucasian Imamate , the classic West vs. East theme found in Russian history and works of fiction, a theme that still manifests in wars between Chechnya and Russia.
It contains a collage of images and text that illustrates the effects of electronic media and new technology on man. Marshall McLuhan used James Joyce's Finnegans Wake as a major inspiration for this study of war throughout history as an indicator as to how war may be conducted in the future. (1st Ed.: