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A Brief History of the Crimean War: History's Most Unnecessary Struggle
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by Alexis Troubetzkoy
Sales Rank: 298255
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List Price: $15.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
Published by: Running Press November 21, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0786718307
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0786718306
Book Dimensions:
7.6 x 5.1 x 1 inches
Weighs: 9.6 ounces
Product Description
In September 1854, the armies of Britain, France and Turkey invaded Russia in what was to become the Crimean War. In the months that followed over half a million soldiers fell. They died from bullet wounds and shrapnel, cholera and disease, starvation and freezing in a medieval conflict fought in a modern age. But what is rarely appreciated is that this extraordinary struggle was fought not only in the Crimea, but also along the Danube, but in the Arctic Ocean, in the Baltic and Pacific. Few wars in history reveal more confusion of purpose or have had greater unintended consequences. Alexis Troubezkoy's new history traces the causes of this most senseless of wars and sketches a vivid picture of the age which made it possible, interweaving descriptions of the Russian, Turkish and British armies with the principals of the drama — Napoleon III, Marshal St. Arnaud, Lord Raglan, the great Russian engineer Todleban, Florence Nightingale, Nicholas I, and his awesomely terrible Russian empire.
About The Author
Alexis S. Troubezkoy was born in Paris in 1934 into a Russian princely family. At an early age he emigrated to the United States. He is the author of Imperial Legend: The Mysterious Disappearance of Tsar Alexander I and The Road to Balaklava. He lives in Canada.
Reader Reviews
This book is excellent for someone looking to learn the basics of the Crimean war.It is beautiful in its ability to bring to life the economic, political and military circumstances which lead to this war, its also critical of their failures and successes. Very good book, I highly recommend it to anyone who is a military history buff but knows little about the Crimean war & wish to find a book to "jump start" their further reading into this unique and fascinating conflict of Victorian Era warfare.
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