Crimean War

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).

• List of ImagesList of MapsGeneral Editor’s PrefacePreface to 1st EditionPreface to 2nd EditionPart 1 - Origins and Diplomacy of the War1. The Real Cause of the War – the Eastern Question2. Diplomacy during the War, 1853-56Part 2 - The Belligerents and the Non-Belligerents3. The War Aims of the Belligerents4. The Non-Belligerent German Powers: Austria and Prussia5. The Neutral PowersPart 3 - The Armies of the Belligerents6. Russia7. France8. Great Britain9. Turkey10. SardiniaPart 4 - The War11. The Danube Front, 1853-5412. The Black Sea Theatre13. The Campaigns in the Baltic, 1854 and 185514. The Caucasian Battlefield, 1853-185515. The Minor Theatres of War: The White Sea and the Pacific16. Allied War Preparations for 1856 and the War Council in Paris, January 185617. The Medical ServicesPart 5 - The End of the War18. The Paris Peace Congress, February-April 185619. The Results of the War for International RelationsAnnotated BibliographyBibliographical IndexGeneral Index

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.