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A Short History of the Crimean War (Hardcover, HPOD)
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A Short History of the Crimean War (Hardcover, HPOD)
Series: Short Histories
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The Crimean War (1853-1856) was the first modern war. A vicious
struggle between imperial Russia and an alliance of the British,
French and Ottoman Empires, it was the first conflict to be
reported first-hand in newspapers, painted by official war artists,
recorded by telegraph and photographed by camera. In her new short
history, Trudi Tate discusses the ways in which this novel
representation itself became part of the modern war machine. She
tells forgotten stories about the war experience of individual
soldiers and civilians, including journalists, nurses, doctors, war
tourists and other witnesses. At the same time, the war was a
retrograde one, fought with the mentality, and some of the
equipment, of Napoleonic times. Tate argues that the Crimean War
was both modern and old-fashioned, looking backwards and forwards,
and generating optimism and despair among those who lived through
it. She explores this paradox while giving full coverage to the
bloody battles (Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman), the siege of
Sebastopol, the much-derided strategies of the commanders,
conditions in the field and the cultural impact of the anti-Russian
alliance.
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