| Description |
xvi, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-352) and index. |
| Contents |
The reason why -- Strategy -- The Baltic: 1854 -- The war in the East -- Varna to the Alma -- Alma and after -- Balaklava -- Inkerman -- Crimean winter -- Crimean winter: the response -- Peace rejected -- The wider war -- The Baltic: 1855 -- Crimean spring -- The fall of Sevastopol -- Stalemate -- The road to peace -- The peace of Paris -- The impact of the war. |
| Summary |
Clive Ponting explodes many of the romantic myths to do with the war, and recounts the heroism of ordinary men. Eye-witness accounts include war correspondent William Russell of The Times, and Leo Tolstoy who was caught up in the action while visiting his brother. |
| Subject |
Crimean War, 1853-1856.
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Crimean War (1853-1856) (OCoLC)fst00883120 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBb3bgHgJF7Dfcmvyfy |
| Chronological Term |
1853-1856
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| ISBN |
0701173904 (hardcover) |
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9780701173906 (hardcover) |
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