Crimea by Trevor Royle

Crimea by Trevor Royle

The Crimean War, one of history's most compelling subjects, encompassed human suffering, woeful leadership and misadministration on a grand scale. It created a heroic myth out of the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade and, in Florence Nightingale, it produced one of history's great heroes. The war was a watershed in world history and pointed the way to what mass warfare would be like in the twentieth century. New weapons were introduced; trench combat became a fact of daily warfare outside Sebastopol; medical innovation saved countless soldiers' lives that would otherwise have been lost. Ultimately, by failing to solve the Eastern Question, the war paved the way for the greater conflagration which broke out in 1914 and greatly prefigured the current situation in Eastern Europe.

Royle, Trevor: - Trevor Royle is a well-known writer and broadcaster specializing in military history. His previous books include Crimea, The Civil War: The War of the Three Kingdoms, and The Wars of the Roses. He is a script writer for the BBC and a columnist for the Edinburgh Sunday Herald, writing on international affairs and defense-related topics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781403964168
ISBN 10	1403964165
Title	Crimea
Author	Trevor Royle
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Palgrave USA
Year published	2004-02-21
Number of pages	564
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.