Crimea The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856 The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856 [Hardcover]

The Crimean War is one of history's most compelling subjects. It encompassed human suffering, woeful leadership and maladministration on a grand scale. It created a heroic myth out of the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade and, in Florence Nightingale, it produced one of history's great heroes. New weapons were introduced; trench combat became a fact of daily warfare outside Sebastopol; medical innovation saved countless soldiers' lives that would otherwise have been lost. The war paved the way for the greater conflagration which broke out in 1914 and greatly prefigured the current situation in Eastern Europe.

Trevor Royleis a well-known, highly respected writer on the history of war and empire who has written many books. He is an Associate Editor of theSunday Heraldand he is a regular commentator on international affairs for BBC radio. He lives in Edinburgh.

Trevor Royle, a very well-respected military historian, has written a new and up to date account of [the Crimean] war, giving proper attention to the Russian side. His book is gripping . . . Norman Stone

a well-written, thorough study of what can be considered the first modern war. New York Times Book Review

...a sound and solid description of the Crimean War. Victorian Studies

The war was a watershed in world history and pointed the way to what mass warfare would be like in the twentieth century.

Preface * Prologue: 1851 *Part I* A Churchwardens' Quarrel * Menshikov's Mission * Getting into Deep Waters * The Thousand and One Notes * Phoney War * The Affair at Sinope * Drifting Towards War * Our Beautiful Guards * Uneasy Partners * Opening Shots * Varna Interlude * Hurrah for the Crimea! *Part II* Advance to Contact * The Alma: The Infantry Will Advance * Missed Opportunities * Ladies with Lamps * Balaklava: A Cavalryman's Battle * Inkerman: An Infantryman's Battle * Arrival of General Winter * Muddle in Washington,lƒ°