War and Peace

American  

noun

1. a novel (1862–69) by Leo Tolstoy.

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War and Peace Cultural  

1. (1865–1869) A novel by Leo Tolstoy. It recounts the history of several Russian families during the wars against Napoleon Bonaparte. Many consider it the greatest novel ever written.

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Example Sentences

The New York Times, which printed the entire speech on its front page the next day, noted that Coolidge’s address recognized “the services of the Jews to the United States in war and peace, from the Revolution to the present, and the influence of their Scriptures in the law, culture and morality of the country since early Colonial days.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It is hard to pinpoint a moment in history when businessmen have held such direct sway over matters of war and peace.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the rumors of war, and peace — and all manner of other developments, from the trivial to the momentous — are never far away, even as shoppers make their way through storefronts and well-lighted malls brimming with holiday fare, much of it beyond most family budgets.

From Los Angeles Times

The Russian winter becomes a major plot point in Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” in which Napoleon attacks and fails to conquer a country bigger, colder and fiercer than anticipated.

From The Wall Street Journal

The strikes have left Lebanon in a gray area between war and peace.

From The Wall Street Journal