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Its been a long long time since I read War and Peace, but I am willing to bet that it's goal was to create a narrative for the War. Off the top of my head, I would say - romanticising wars (setting sage for the coming Great War), while also rewriting some details of the Napolean's invasion. Purely uneducated guess, I would add.
He was definately not establishment despite his birth and education.His bio is just as interesting as his books.
People dont grasp how the narrative works. People who have no inkling what they are part of, end up becoming part of the narratives. All they need is little nudges, and half the time they think they are being honest. The establishment picks and chooses amongst random people creating random works, that which helps them sell their narrative.
That said, in this case, its probably lot more than just random.
People get emotionally attached to works of art / literature etc and make excuses. I have been guilty of it myself. Unless we detach outselves from the emotional aspects of the works, we can never truly observe them for what they are.
Me too... So long has it been I read this that I jokingly was thinking the Title of Leo Tolstoy's classic changed to - 'War is Peace' and 'Peace is War'.