Andrew Lambert

The Crimean War

British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853-56

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Produktbeschreibung

This new edition of Andrew Lambert's ground-breaking study The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853-1856, focuses on British grand strategy, the development and implementation of national policy and strategy. With a revised introduction contextualising the 1990 text, and the addition of a new bibliography, the book is now availa

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9780367669638
• ISBN-10: 0367669633
• Artikelnr.: 60006999

Autorenporträt

Professor Andrew Lambert, King's College London, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction to the 2011 Edition
Introduction to the 1990 Edition: A Crimean War?
Great Britain and Russia, 1815-53
The crisis in the East
National strategy and naval policy
The strategic balance
Sinope
Preparing for war
War aims and strategy
The Danube front
The grand raid
The siege
The Russian response
The Baltic campaign
Bomarsund
Politics and strategy
The Black Sea theatre, January-April 1855
Kertch
The turning point
After Sevastapol
Return to the Baltic
Sweaborg
The limits of power
The great armament
A limited peace
British strategy and the war
Bibliography
Index.