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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.
Der Krimkrieg wurde seit jeher intensiv erforscht; in jedem Jahr
seit seinem Ausbruch bis heute erschienen ungezahlte Studien. Sie
verrieten samtlich eine eingeschrankte, in der Regel nationale
Perspektive. Die vorliegende Edition ermoglicht eine internationale
Gesamtschau dieses Krieges, der wegen seiner Einbettung in die
"orientalische Frage" in den folgenden 150 Jahren an Aktualitat
nichts eingebusst hat und heute noch auf die vielfaltigste Weise
fortlebt in der Weltpolitik allgemein, aber besonders an den
heutigen politischen Brennpunkten des Nahen und mittleren Ostens,
sei es in den Balkankonflikten, im Zypernkonflikt, im Palastina-
oder gar im Irakdrama. Dieser Band schliesst die zwolfbandige
Gesamtedition ab. Es werden anhand der englischen Amtsakten und
diverser Nachlasse folgende grosseren Problemkreise dokumentiert:
die Entscheidung der englischen (und der franzosischen Regierung)
zum Krieg gegen Russland; die alliierte Feldzugsplanung fur 1854;
das vergebliche Werben Englands und Frankreichs um den
Kriegseintritt Schwedens; das ebenfalls erfolglose Werben der
Westmachte und Russlands um den Kriegseintritt Preussens; die
Politik Englands gegenuber Osterreich, die zwar zu keiner
militarischen, aber doch immer enger werdenden politischen
Zusammenarbeit fuhrte."
Anyone working with foreign language sources or writing in a
foreign language needs to know the precise translation of
historical terms. Winfried Baumgart has compiled around 16,500
terms in three languages, including terms from world history, the
military, daily life, culture, medicine, and technology, as drawn
from historical records, genealogies, and archives. The new edition
includes 1,500 additional terms.
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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