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The Crimean War - 1853-1856 (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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The Crimean War - 1853-1856 (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Series: Modern Wars
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Total price: R1,134
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Winfried Baumgart's masterful history of the Crimean War has been
expanded and fully updated to reflect advances made in the field
since the book's first publication. It convincingly argues that if
the war had continued after 1856, the First World War would have
taken place 60 years earlier, but that fighting ultimately ceased
because diplomacy never lost its control over the use of war as an
instrument in power politics. With 19 images, 13 maps and
additional tables as well as a brand new chapters on 'the medical
services', this expanded and fully-updated 2nd edition explores *
The origins and diplomacy of the Crimean War * The war aims and
general attitudes of the belligerent powers (Russia, France, and
Britain), non-belligerent German powers (Austria and Prussia) and a
selected number of neutral powers, including the United States *
The characteristics and capabilities of the armies involved * The
nature of the fighting itself The Crimean War: 1853-1856 examines
the conflict in both its Europe-wide and global contexts, moving
beyond the five great European powers to consider the role and
importance of smaller states and theatres of war that have
otherwise been under-served. To this end, it looks at fighting on
the Danube front, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Caucasian
battlefield, as well as the White Sea and the Pacific, with final
chapters devoted to the Paris peace congress of 1856, the end of
the war and its legacy. This book remains the definitive study of
one of the most important wars in modern history.
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