Название: The Crimean War: A Reappraisal
Автор: Philip Warner
Издательство: Taplinger Publishing Co
Год: 1973
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 216
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 103,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
It would seem that the Crimean War was the most mismanaged, brutal and futile campaign that have ever been fought. It is the classic model of mil. and med. blundering. Mil. inefficiency was slightly redeemed by the the ill-fated heroism of the Charge of the Light Brigade, and med. chaos made acceptable by Florence Nightingale s achievements. The facts that the Allies won this war against extremely tough opponents, that at the end of it the British Army had reached a high pitch of efficiency, and that the campaign was one of extreme difficulty are often glossed over. In this reappraisal Warner defines the army s achievements and setbacks, the medical and logistical misfortunes, and the sheer horror of the war, in the context of the time and place. Illus.