The Crimean War /
Ponting, Clive.
The Crimean War / Clive Ponting. - London : Pimlico, 2005. - xvi, 379 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-352) and index.
1. The Reason Why -- 2. Strategy -- 3. The Baltic: 1854 -- 4. The War in the East -- 5. Varna to the Alma -- 6. Alma and After -- 7. Balaklava -- 8. Inkerman -- 9. Crimean Winter -- 10. Crimean Winter: The Response -- 11. Peace Rejected -- 12. The Wider War -- 13. The Baltic: 1855 -- 14. Crimean Spring -- 15. The Fall of Sevastopol -- 16. Stalemate -- 17. The Road to Peace -- 18. The Peace of Paris -- 19. The Impact of the War.
Publisher description : Clive Ponting explodes many of the romantic myths to do with the war, and recounts the heroism of ordinary men. Eye-witness accounts include war correspondent William Russell of The Times, and Leo Tolstoy who was caught up in the action while visiting his brother.
0712636536
2004401578
Crimean War, 1853-1856.
DK214 / .P66 2005
947/.0738
The Crimean War / Clive Ponting. - London : Pimlico, 2005. - xvi, 379 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-352) and index.
1. The Reason Why -- 2. Strategy -- 3. The Baltic: 1854 -- 4. The War in the East -- 5. Varna to the Alma -- 6. Alma and After -- 7. Balaklava -- 8. Inkerman -- 9. Crimean Winter -- 10. Crimean Winter: The Response -- 11. Peace Rejected -- 12. The Wider War -- 13. The Baltic: 1855 -- 14. Crimean Spring -- 15. The Fall of Sevastopol -- 16. Stalemate -- 17. The Road to Peace -- 18. The Peace of Paris -- 19. The Impact of the War.
Publisher description : Clive Ponting explodes many of the romantic myths to do with the war, and recounts the heroism of ordinary men. Eye-witness accounts include war correspondent William Russell of The Times, and Leo Tolstoy who was caught up in the action while visiting his brother.
0712636536
2004401578
Crimean War, 1853-1856.
DK214 / .P66 2005
947/.0738