Ways of War and Peace

"Ways of War and Peace" by Delia Austrian is a thoughtful story from the early 1900s that combines what the author saw with historical thoughts, especially about how war and peace worked during World War I. The story looks at conflict, how society changes, and what it was like for people during those hard times, pointing out what women and peace supporters did when there was war. At the start, the author thinks about how life and war don't make sense together, showing the differences between love and hate, and how great civilization is compared to how cruel war is. Austrian remembers what she did before the war, like meeting peace activists such as Anna Eckstein, who really wanted peace, which was very different from the war that was about to start. This part starts to show what Europe was like before the war, making you wish for the peace that was about to be lost, and gets ready to talk about how war affects people and the world.