Description
A masterful historical survey of the Crimean War by a world-renowned subject expert, now up-to-date and expanded to include further coverage of everyday life during the conflict.
About the Author
Winfried Baumgart is Professor Emeritus at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. He is the author of 31 books in German and English, including Imperialism: The Idea and Reality of British and French Colonial Expansion, 1880-1914 (1982) and The Peace of Paris, 1856: Studies in War Diplomacy and Peacemaking (1981).
Reviews
This informative book ... provides a clear and accessible overview of the Crimean War ... [It] is particularly effective in helping readers understand the war from the perspectives of the various powers involved, aided by a helpful bibliography accompanying each chapter. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and faculty. * CHOICE *
This book will be invaluable for courses on 19th century Europe, military history, and Balkan history. Baumgart is to be commended for blending diplomatic, international, military, political, and medical history within a succinct and highly readable text. * Jonathan Grant, Professor of History, Florida State University, USA *
Baumgart's expert command of sources in many languages--German, Russian, French, English, Italian to name a few--gives rare depth to one of the most pivotal wars of the modern era and the work integrates the latest research to provide one of the most balanced accounts in the field. A revised classic, The Crimean War will retain its touchstone status for years to come. * Mara Kozelsky, Associate Professor of History, University of South Alabama, USA *
This second and enlarged edition of Baumgart's The Crimean War offers a magisterial survey ... Baumgart's mastery of the sources allows him to offer an analysis of the course of events that is nuanced and aware of the appropriate contexts ... excellent and strongly to be recommended. * Slavonic and East European Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350083431
Author Professor Emeritus Winfried Baumgart
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 482g