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Troubetzkoy Alexis - A Brief History Of The Crimean War - Paperback
Troubetzkoy Alexis - A Brief History Of The Crimean War - Paperback
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Description: In September 1854, the armies of Britain France and Turkey invaded Russia. In the months that followed over half a million soldiers fell. They died from bullet wounds and shrapnel cholera and disease starvation and freezing. The Crimean War was a medieval conflict fought in a modern age. But what is rarely appreciated and what this historical examination shows is that this extraordinary and costly struggle was fought not only in the Crimea but also along the Danube in the Arctic Ocean in the Baltic and Pacific. Few wars in history reveal greater confusion of purpose or have had richer unintended consequences. Much has been written about this most senseless of wars and this new history does not aim to cover old ground. Instead it traces the war's causes and sketches a vivid picture of the age which made it possible up until the moment of the Allies departure for the Crimea. Woven together with developments in diplomacy trade and nationalistic expression are descriptions of the Russian Turkish and British armies and the principals of the drama - Napoleon III Marshal St Arnaud Lord Raglan the great Russian engineer Todleban Florence Nightingale Nicholas I and his magnificently terrible Russian empire.
Title: A Brief History Of The Crimean War
Author(s): Troubetzkoy Alexis
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9781845294205
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 11/9/2006
Series: Brief Histories
Category: Battles & Campaigns
Description: In September 1854, the armies of Britain France and Turkey invaded Russia. In the months that followed over half a million soldiers fell. They died from bullet wounds and shrapnel cholera and disease starvation and freezing. The Crimean War was a medieval conflict fought in a modern age. But what is rarely appreciated and what this historical examination shows is that this extraordinary and costly struggle was fought not only in the Crimea but also along the Danube in the Arctic Ocean in the Baltic and Pacific. Few wars in history reveal greater confusion of purpose or have had richer unintended consequences. Much has been written about this most senseless of wars and this new history does not aim to cover old ground. Instead it traces the war's causes and sketches a vivid picture of the age which made it possible up until the moment of the Allies departure for the Crimea. Woven together with developments in diplomacy trade and nationalistic expression are descriptions of the Russian Turkish and British armies and the principals of the drama - Napoleon III Marshal St Arnaud Lord Raglan the great Russian engineer Todleban Florence Nightingale Nicholas I and his magnificently terrible Russian empire.
Title: A Brief History Of The Crimean War
Author(s): Troubetzkoy Alexis
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9781845294205
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 11/9/2006
Series: Brief Histories
Category: Battles & Campaigns
