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War is cruel. That is why dictators take advantage of literary works in order to cover up its cruelty. Soviet Russia banished Solzhenitsyn, Novel Prize winner in Literature, and now Russia seems to be ostracizing Tolstoy's works just like Nazi did almost a century ago, simply because they are telling us war is inhuman, cruel, and meaningless. 

  Cannon balls can destroy buildings, public facilities, hospitals, schools, etc, but they cannot destroy and ravage human dignity and humanity. Dictators should realize it!