An Israeli war analyst says that the Iran war planners are blind to what could go wrong because they haven’t read their literature and history.
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Tag Archives: War and Peace
Iran War Planners Should Read Tolstoy
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Iran invasion, Leo Tolstoy, Macbeth, war technology, William Shakekspeare Comments closed
What to Make of Fascist Authors
In which I explore a Lit Hub article arguing that authors and fascists have things in common, which explains why certain authors have turned to the dark side.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ed Simon, Eduard Limonov, Emily Bronte, Fascism, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Leo Tolstoy, Merchant of Venice, Tempoe of the Golden Pavilion, William Shakespeare, Wuthering Heights, Yukio Mishima Comments closed
Tolstoy’s Advice for Diplomats
Former diplomat Fletcher Burton shows Tolstoy’s brilliance in depicting diplomats and diplomacy in War in Peace.
An Iranian Hostage Recalls Tolstoy
In which one of the 1980 Iranian hostages explains why “War and Peace” meant so much to him at the time.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Emma, George Eliot, Homer, Iliad, Iranian hostage crisis, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Life and Fate, Middlemarch, Pride and Prejudice, Vasily Grossman Comments closed
Ukraine: What Would Leo and Fyodor Do?
Dostoevsky and Tolstoy’s novels work as indictments of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Anna Karenina, Brothers Karamazov, Child Abuse, Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Hadji Murat, Leo Tolstoy, Resurrection, Russian Invasion of Ukraine, sadism, Vladimir Putin Comments closed
The Very Model of a Modern Russian General
Tweeters have been busy finding literary allusions to capture the incompetence of Russia’s armed forces in Ukraine.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Gilbert and Sullivan, Importance of Being Earnest, Leo Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde, Pirates of Penzance, Ukraine invasion, William S. Gilbert Comments closed
Putin Quoting Tolstoy? Puleeze!
Putin claimed to quote Tolstoy but didn’t in his meeting with Biden. What he says is reminiscent of Flannery O’Connor’s Misfit, however.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Flannery O'Connor, Good Man Is Hard to Find, Joe Biden, Leo Tolstoy, Soul, Vladimir Putin Comments closed
Is GOP a Death Cult? Ask Tolstoy
Has the GOP become a death cult. Tolstoy’s description of suicidal behavior from Napoleon’s soldiers suggests yes.