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The novel was first published in its entirety in 1869. Newsweek in 2009 ranked it first in its Top 100 Books. In 2007, Time magazine ranked War and Peace third in its poll of the 10 greatest books of all time while Anna Karenina was ranked first.
This essay was originally published in Blood and Iron: There Will be War Vol III, edited by Jerry Pournelle. Due to his considerate regard to the interest of contributors, the essay is copyright D. Friedman 1984. David Friedman, Ph. D. To most non-economists, economics has something to do with money, and the economics of war presumably has to do with how we pay for the bombs and bullets.