Description
Reconstructing the Crimean War with the sweep of a great storyteller, this definitive history reveals how a “forgotten” conflict helped shape the modern world. Orlando Figes traces the war’s origins and unfolding across battlefields and capitals, where industrial scale, logistical strain, and political miscalculation collided with striking human cost. Through vivid narrative and rigorous historical insight, the book examines the incompetence and improvisation that defined the campaign, as well as the wider forces—technology, empire, and public opinion—that turned it into a global test of modern power. Equal parts military history and social drama, it offers a compelling account of how the war’s lessons still echo in the way we understand conflict today.
Available Editions
paperback
Metropolitan Books
Published Jan 1, 2010
576 pages
ISBN: 9780805074604
Reviews
No ratings yet. Be the first!
No written reviews yet.
Details
First Published
2010
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Crimean War: A History by Orlando Figes.