Crimean quagmire : Tolstoy, Russell and the birth of modern warfare /
The Crimean War was the greatest international crisis of the Victorian era, and a modernwar of rifles, railroads and telegraphs. As it raged, two writers embedded in the conflict - the young Russian officer Lev Tolstoy, and William Howard Russell, an Irish correspondent for The Times - brought the h...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited,
2024.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The Crimean War was the greatest international crisis of the Victorian era, and a modernwar of rifles, railroads and telegraphs. As it raged, two writers embedded in the conflict - the young Russian officer Lev Tolstoy, and William Howard Russell, an Irish correspondent for The Times - brought the horrors of trench warfare home to the public for the first time. Crimea transformed how we understand war. Stripping away the romanticism of the Napoleonic era, Tolstoy and Russell exposed government lies and cover-ups as their nations descended into the first quagmire of the modern age. Their writing shocked readers, revealing that their loved ones were dying needlessly. Here is the intriguing story of how two revolutionary writers changed the way we think about conflict. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 247 pages ): maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197805060 019780506X 9781805262763 1805262769 9780197814734 0197814735 |