Literary notes about Invasion (AI summary)
The term “invasion” in literature is used with remarkable versatility, ranging from its literal military context to more metaphorical and sociopolitical applications. Historical works like those of Thucydides [1, 2, 3] and Marco Polo [4, 5, 6] document invasions as pivotal military campaigns that reshape nations and cultures, while military treatises such as those by Jomini [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] analyze invasions in terms of strategy, defense, and logistical considerations. At the same time, the term also appears in more abstract contexts—for instance, in Mark Twain’s playful query [19] or Guy de Maupassant’s evocative description [20]—suggesting that invasions can symbolize the intrusion of the unfamiliar or the disruption of established orders. Even in political texts like those by Thomas Jefferson [21, 22, 23], “invasion” is invoked to heighten rhetorical impact, demonstrating its enduring power as a metaphor for both physical occupation and broader ideological or cultural encroachments [24].
- After the second invasion of the Peloponnesians a change came over the spirit of the Athenians.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - The capture of the town took place about the time of the second Peloponnesian invasion of Attica.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - The whole is now called Macedonia, and at the time of the invasion of Sitalces, Perdiccas, Alexander's son, was the reigning king.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - App. Nos. 23 and 42.) NOTE 3.—The statement here about Bundúkdár's invasion of Cilician Armenia is a difficulty.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - 3. Bundúkdár and his Invasion of Armenia; his character.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - It was destroyed by Timur on his second invasion of Kipchak (1395-6), and extinguished by the Russians a century later.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - When an invasion of a neighboring territory has nothing to fear from the inhabitants, the principles of strategy shape its course.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - control of, important in an invasion, 30 .
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - 2. Strategy, or the art of properly directing masses upon the theater of war, either for defense or for invasion.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - If the war be one of invasion, it may be upon adjacent or distant territory: it may be prudent and cautious, or it may be bold and adventurous.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - There are often advantages in a war of invasion: there are also advantages in awaiting the enemy upon one's own soil.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - of invasion, line of defense important to, 99 .
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - Control of the sea, importance of, in an invasion, 30 .
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - of intervention, military chances in, 20 . of invasion, when advantageous, 17 .
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - The Girondists would never have been crushed by the Mountain but for the reverses of Dumouriez and the threats of invasion.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - VI.—Wars of Invasion, through a Desire of Conquest or for other Causes.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - Strategically, an invasion leads to deep lines of operations, which are always dangerous in a hostile country.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - Before the invention of the telegraph, they afforded the means of transmitting the news of an invasion from one end of the country to the other.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - Invasion?
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - But there was something in the air, a something strange and subtle, an intolerable foreign atmosphere like a penetrating odor—the odor of invasion.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - les to form or fall in with suitable Projects of Invasion, Rapine, Murder, and all the Guilts that attend War when it is unjust.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - This was as near as Dearborn ever came to a successful invasion of Canada.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - News of a formidable invasion.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - But they only meant by such language to oppose the greatest amount of resistance to any invasion of the rights of individuals and of the Church.
— from The Republic by Plato
