The Crimean War
From the great storyteller of modern Russian historians, Financial Times the definitive account of the forgotten war that shaped the modern ageThe Charge of the Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale these are the enduring icons of the Crimean War Less well known is that this savage war 1853 1856 killed almost a million soldiers and countless civilians that it enmeshed four great empires the British, French, Turkish, and Russian in a battle over religion as well as territory that it fixed the fault lines between Russia and the West that it set in motion the conflicts that would dominate the century to come.In this masterly history, Orlando Figes reconstructs the first full conflagration of modernity, a global industrialized struggle fought with unusual ferocity and incompetence Drawing on untapped Russian and Ottoman as well as European sources, Figes vividly depicts the world at war, from the palaces of St Petersburg to the holy sites of Jerusalem from the young Tolstoy reporting in Sevastopol to Tsar Nicolas, haunted by dreams of religious salvation from the ordinary soldiers and nurses on the battlefields to the women and children in towns under siege..Original, magisterial, alive with voices of the time, The Crimean War is a historical tour de force whose depiction of ethnic cleansing and the West s relations with the Muslim world resonates with contemporary overtones At once a rigorous, original study and a sweeping, panoramic narrative, The Crimean War is the definitive account of the war that mapped the terrain for today s world.. Best Download The Crimean War Author Orlando Figes For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Excellent This is actually three books The first one up to p 140 or so is about the origins of the Crimean war At the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem Catholic and Orthodox Christians would fight each other to the death for the right to, say, be the first to celebrate the Easter Mass Disingenuously, Nicholas I of Russia used a concern for the Orthodox living under Turkish rule as an opportunity for imperialist expansion He really wanted to partition Turkey Russophobic Britain w Excellent This is actually three books The first one up to p 140 or so is about the origins of the Crimean war At the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem Catholic and Orthodox Christians would fight each other to the death for the right to, say, be the first to celebrate the Easter Mass Disingenuously, Nicholas I of Russia used a concern for the Orthodox living under Turkish rule as an opportunity for imperialist expansion He really wanted to partition Turkey Russophobic Britain was having none of it They believed, not without reason, that Russia wanted India This pushed them into an alliance with France to challenge Russia when it occupied the Danubian Principalities, Ottom...The Crimean War A History, by Orlando Figes, is a large history of the Crimean War between Russia on one side, and France, Britain and the Ottoman Empire on the other The war began over religious scuffling between Catholic and Greek Orthodox pilgrims in Jerusalem then part of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman s had recently passed policy favourable to Catholic pilgrims at the expense of Orthodox pilgrims in the city, with religious rights and priorities being granted to Catholic churches at th The Crimean War A History, by Orlando Figes, is a large history of the Crimean War between Russia on one side, and France, Britain and the Ottoman Empire on the other The war began over religious scuffling between Catholic and Greek Orthodox pilgrims in Jerusalem then part of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman s had recently passed policy favourable to Catholic pilgrims at the expense of Orthodox pilgrims in the city, with religious rights and priorities being granted to Catholic churches at the behest of the French government Previously, Russia had imposed similar measures on the Ottoman government for their pilgrims, and this tit for tat led to a strong response by the Russian government An ultimatum was sent, and Russian troops sent into the Danubian principalities Wallachia and Moldova , which were Romani...An impressive new history of a war which seems to be almost completely forgotten over here, with the exception of The Charge of the Light Brigade It covers the war in all aspects, from the grisly siege of Sevastopol, the snarled diplomatic efforts which led to the start of the war, comparisons of the major players, the effects of religious differences, and the relatively neglected campaigns in the Baltic and Caucasus A worthy addition to the library of anyone interested in the era, to say no An impressive new history of a war which seems to be almost completely forgotten over here, with the exception of The Charge of the Light Brigade It covers the war in all aspects, from the grisly siege of Sevastopol, the snarled diplomatic efforts which led to the start of the war, comparisons of the major players, the effects of religious differences, and the relat...This book began rather slowly for me but I soon became engrossed in Figes narrative of this somewhat forgotten war which claimed so many lives for so little I have always been fascinated by the Crimean War and this book added to my knowledge as the author had access to sources not previously available to other authors It was a war of incompetent leadership, missed opportunities, outdated military tactics, and rampant disease Much mystique and legend regarding the war has grown over the yea This book began r...A comprehensive history of the war with excellent chapters on the aftermath in world politics and national identity on the aftermath of the warThe Crimean War reinforced in Russia a long felt sense of resentment against Europe There was a feeling of betrayal that the West had sided with the Turks against Russia It was the first time in history that a European alliance had fought on the side of a Muslim power against another Christian state in a major war. All around the Black Sea rim, the A comprehensive history of the war with excellent chapters on the aftermath in world politics and national identity on the aftermath of the warThe Crimean War reinforced in Russia a long felt sense of resentment against Europe There was a feeling of betrayal that the West had sided with the Turks against Russia It wa...It s Good Friday, April 10, 1846 Jerusalem is packed with pilgrims on an Easter weekend that happened to fall on the same date in both the Latin and Orthodox calendars The mood is tense The two religious communities had been arguing over who has the right to be first to carry out the rituals at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the holiest places in Christendom, standing on the spot where Jesus is said to have been crucified.That Friday was to be anything but good The Catholics arrive It s Good Friday, April 10, 1846 Jerusalem is packed with pilgrims on an Easter weekend that happened to fall on the same date in both the Latin and Orthodox calendars The mood is tense The two religious communities had been arguing over who has the right to be first to carry out the rituals at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of ...I strongly recommend this book to anyone who has any interest in current conflict in Ukraine Crimea, who wants to understand historical, geopolitical and political roots of idiotic modern strife between Russia and the West and who at the same time is sick of media taking sides and in fact enkindling the conflict by that The book itself only covers that old XIX century war between Russia and Allies GB, France and Turkey of course, but it reflects current events so much it is even scary O Fig I strongly recommend this book to anyone who h...Figes hits the nail on the head in his introduction, many of the earlier works covered mostly the British battles and didn t touch upon the geopolitical or religious causes of the Crimean War I ve read a couple in the distant past like this How many times can the Charge of the Light Brigade be rehashed There s a large chunk of history I was unaware of, the initial conditions and the aftermath are covered in detail based on documents from all sides of the conflict.First bits of interest are Figes hits the nail on the head in his introduction, many of the earlier works covered mostly the British battles and didn t touch upon the geopolitical or religious causes of the Crimean War I ve read a couple in the distant past like this How many times can the Charge of the Light Brigade be rehashed There s a large chunk of history...To look into given the recent developmentsOrlando Figes is a discredited author, however I would still like a flick through this May 2014 President Putin s visit to Crimea was welcomed there but criticised by Washington BBC newsIt s still a little difficult for me to believe that the French and the British were relying on freaking travel writing for the logistics of their attack on Crimea, that some of the soldiers thought they were headed to a jungle, and a littlethan 150 years later we can take virtual walks there Makes you wonder what Napoleon had to work with But one of the most interesting parts of this book, for me, was reading that the Crimean War coincided with a sort of information boom Britain ended It s still a little difficult for me to believe that the French and the British were relying on freaking travel writing for the logistics of their attack on Crimea, that some of the soldiers thought they were headed to a jungle, and a littlethan 150 years later we can take virtual walks there Makes you wonder what Napoleon had to work with But one of the most interesting parts of this book, for me, was reading that the Crimean War coincided with a sort of information boom Britain ended the newspaper stamp duty in 185...
- English
- 24 May 2018 Orlando Figes
- Hardcover
- 575 pages
- 0805074600
- Orlando Figes
- The Crimean War