Crimea : the last crusade
Figes, Orlando2010
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The terrible conflict that dominated the mid 19th century, the Crimean War killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia could control a huge swathe of land from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf. But it was also a war of religion, driven by a fervent, populist and ever more ferocious belief by the Tsar and his ministers that it was Russia's task to rule all Orthodox Christians and control the Holy Land. Orlando Figes' major new book reimagines this extraordinary war, in which the stakes could not have been higher and which was fought with a terrible mixture of ferocity and incompetence.
Main title:
Crimea : the last crusade / Orlando Figes.
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Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2010.
Collation:
xxiii, 575 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Contents:
IntroductionMaps1. Religious wars2. Eastern questions3. The Russian menace4. The end of peace in Europe5. Phoney war6. First blood on the Turks7. Alma8. Sevastopol in the autumn9. Generals January and February10. Cannon fodder11. The fall of Sevastopol12. Paris and the New OrderEpilogue: The Crimean War in myth and memory
ISBN:
0713997044 (hbk)
Dewey class:
947.0738
Language:
English
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BRN:
34983