The Crimean War / Clive Ponting.

By:

Ponting, Clive

Publication details: London : Pimlico, 2005.Description: xvi, 379 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cmISBN:

0712636536

Subject(s):

Crimean War, 1853-1856

DDC classification:

947/.0738 22

LOC classification:

DK214 .P66 2005

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	DK214 .P66 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039000756691

Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-352) and index.

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.

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