The young émigré military analyst Anton Kersnovsky (1907-1944) saw that far from putting an end to war, the liberal system has dramatically expanded it, both geographically and into the realms of psyche and spirit. Nowhere was this easier seen for …
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War & Justice
The White émigré military analyst Anton Kersnovsky (1907-1944) outlines cases of just war as well as the ultimate goal of using force. While he recognizes war as an instrument of policy, Kersnovsky also conveys a profoundly Orthodox Christian worldview in …
War and the Gospel
White emigre military analyst Anton Kersnovsky (1907-1944) deplored the Clausewitzian-Leninist conception of total war that would wreak previously unthinkable death and destruction across twentieth-century Europe. Yet like Ivan Ilyin, neither could Kersnovsky abide pacifism and “non-resistance,” which he viewed as …
The Russian Way of War
Anton Antonovich Kersnovsky (1907-1944) was a soldier by nature; at the mere age of 13 he was fighting for the White Army against the Bolsheviks in Russia’s south. Emigrating to France, the young man would become a prolific commentator and …
