由于不喜欢通俗史，并且当过兵，他写下了文学史上最流行的长篇小说之一，《战争与和平》。

Along with the fact he didn't like popular history and being a war veteran, he then wrote one of the largest and most popular novels in the world literature, war and Peace.

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伊拉克和阿富汗已经使五角大楼的资源告急(美国与阿富汗相距遥远，在那里缺兵少友，因此可能输掉对阿的战争)。

Iraq and Afghanistan (another far-off place where the United States, short of troops and Allies, may be losing a war) have stretched the Pentagon's resources.

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娃娃兵们通常被视作受害者，这是正确的：受剥削、家庭破裂、缺少教育并被迫参加战斗，儿童是真正的战争受害者。

Child soldiers are usually depicted as victims. That's accurate: Exploited, torn from their families, deprived of their education, and forced into battle, child soldiers are truly casualties of war.

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