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Loading... The Crimean War: A Reappraisal (Wordsworth Military Library) (1972)by Philip Warner
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. If the reader's goal in reading this book is to learn of the causes, events, and effects of the Crimean War, "The Crimean War: A Reappraisal," is not the book to read. As implied by the subtitle, the author provides only a fragmented picture of the war. Instead, the book relies heavily upon a generous string of direct quotes (sometimes going on for more than a page) held together by dreary and disappointing prose displaying little or no analysis. On the whole, a desultory attempt to examine a war about which very little is known. Even less is learned from a reader wasting time on this boring disjointed tome. Not worth the precious shelf space it occupies. ( ) no reviews | add a review
It would seem from the general historical perspective that the Crimean War was the most mismanaged, brutal and futile campaign that has ever been fought. For well over a hundred years it has been presented as the classic model of military and medical blundering. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)947.07History and Geography Europe Russia and eastern Europe [and formerly Finland] Russian & Slavic History by Period Paul I - Nicholas I 1796-1855LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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