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War
A war novel is a novel in which the primary action takes place in a field of armed combat, or in a domestic setting (or home front) where the characters are preoccupied with the preparations for, or recovery from, war.
See history for specific wars. ...more
See history for specific wars. ...more
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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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― The Art of War
― The Art of War
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War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
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― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
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