Which battle is a profound event in the Tolstoy novel " War and Peace " ?
The army general and respected military writer Mikhail Dragomirov in an article published in " Oruzheiny Sbornik " ( The Military Almanac , 1868-1870 ) , while disputing some of Tolstoy 's ideas concerning the " spontaneity " of wars and the role of commander in battles , advised all the Russian Army officers to use " War and Peace " as their desk book , describing its battle scenes as " incomparable " and " serving for an ideal manual to every textbook on theories of military art .