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Winfried Baumgart is Professor Emeritus at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. He is the author of 31 books in German and English, including Imperialism: The Idea and Reality of British and French Colonial Expansion, 1880-1914 (1982) and The Peace of Paris, 1856: Studies in War Diplomacy and Peacemaking (1981).
This informative book ... provides a clear and accessible overview of the Crimean War ... [It] is particularly effective in helping readers understand the war from the perspectives of the various powers involved, aided by a helpful bibliography accompanying each chapter. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and faculty. * CHOICE * This book will be invaluable for courses on 19th century Europe, military history, and Balkan history. Baumgart is to be commended for blending diplomatic, international, military, political, and medical history within a succinct and highly readable text. * Jonathan Grant, Professor of History, Florida State University, USA * Baumgart's expert command of sources in many languages--German, Russian, French, English, Italian to name a few--gives rare depth to one of the most pivotal wars of the modern era and the work integrates the latest research to provide one of the most balanced accounts in the field. A revised classic, The Crimean War will retain its touchstone status for years to come. * Mara Kozelsky, Associate Professor of History, University of South Alabama, USA *
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