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Written by the leading authority in the field, this study offers a fresh account of the Crimean War in its widest European and World contexts. Arguing that the modernity of the Crimean War has consistently been overlooked in comparison to the American Civil War, while in fact many of the... read more
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First Sentence edit
The Crimean War is a direct outgrowth of the so-called Eastern question.
Table of Contents edit
List of Maps
General Editor's Preface
Preface
PART 1: ORIGIN AND DIPLOMACY OF THE WAR
1 The Real Cause of the War: the Eastern Question
2 Diplomacy During the War, 1853-56
PART 2: THE BELLIGERENTS AND THE NON-BELLIGERENTS
3 The War Aims of the Belligerents
4 The Non-Belligerent German Powers: Austria and Prussia
5 The Neutral Powers: Sweden, Spain, the United States, Greece, the minor German powers (the German Confederation)
PART 3: THE ARMIES OF THE BELLIGERENTS
6 Russia
7 France
8 Great Britain
9 Turkey
10 Sardinia
PART 4: THE WAR
11 The Danube Front, 1853-54
12 The Black Sea Theatre
13 The Campaign in the Baltic, 1854 and 1855
14 The Caucasian battlefield, 1853-55
15 The Minor Theatres of War: The White Sea and the Pacific
16 Allied War Preparation for 1856 and the War Council in Paris, January 1856
PART 5: THE END OF THE WAR
17 The Paris Peace Congress, February-April 1856
18 The Results of the War for International Relations
Annotated Bibliography
Bibliographical Index
General Index
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Modern Wars. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Winfried Baumgart (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Arnold
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0340759607
Page Count: 255
Publisher: Arnold
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0340759607
Page Count: 255
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: DK214 .B35 1999
- Dewey: 947.0738
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