Hugh Small

The Crimean War (eBook, ePUB)

Europe's Conflict with Russia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the winter of 1854, Britain and France, with Europe-wide support, invaded Russia and besieged the fortress of Sebastopol in the Crimea. Their object was to curtail Russian expansion. It was the most destructive conflict of the century, with total fatalities comparable to those of the American Civil War. Hugh Small, whose biography of Florence Nightingale first exposed the truth about her wartime hospital, now shows how the history of the Crimean War was manipulated to conceal Britain and Europe's failure. Only since the collapse of the Soviet Union has it become clear how much had been at stake in the Crimea. The failure of Britain's politicians to control their generals led to the collapse of the peacekeeping arrangements of the 'Concert of Europe' - a sort of early UN Security Council. Russian expansion continued unchecked, leading to the divisions seen today in Ukraine. Small is equally revealing about the battles. His carefully-researched account of the famous Charge of the Light Brigade overturns the modern conclusion that it was a blunder by senior officers. It was the ordinary cavalrymen who insisted on it - as the Commander-in-Chief admitted in parliament at the time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The History Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750987424
• Artikelnr.: 50765543

Autorenporträt

HUGH SMALL is an acknowledged expert on the war in the Crimea and has appeared on Channel 4 News, BBC2, Sky News and contributed to History Today on the subject. He has also written Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel, due to be reissued by Robinson in summer 2017. hugh-small.co.uk