CRIMEA: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856 - Softcover

Royle, Trevor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403964165 ISBN 13: 9781403964168

Verlag: Smp Trade, 2004

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Book by Royle Trevor

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Críticas:

"Trevor Royle, a very well-respected military historian, has written a new and up to date account of [the Crimean] war, giving proper attention to the Russian side. His book is gripping . . ." --Norman Stone "Thorough and informative, this scholarly book will interest readers of history and military history alike; for the present, it also stands as the definitive treatment of the Crimean War." --Publishers Weekly "Trevor Royle's achievement is to have skillfully encompassed and explained the complexities of his subject in a single volume of no excessive length." --New York Review of Books "a well-written, thorough study of what can be considered the first modern war." --New York Times Book Review ..".a sound and solid description of the Crimean War." --Victorian Studies

Reseña del editor:

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

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• Verlag: Smp Trade
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1403964165
• ISBN 13: 9781403964168
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 594