Short History of the Crimean War Tate TrudiPaperback
Short History of the Crimean War Tate TrudiPaperback The Crimean War (1853-1856) was the first modern war. In her new short history Trudi Tate discusses the ways in which this novel representation…
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Short History of the Crimean War Tate TrudiPaperback
The Crimean War (1853-1856) was the first modern war. In her new short history Trudi Tate discusses the ways in which this novel representation itself became part of the modern 'war machine'. A vicious struggle between imperial Russia and an alliance of the British, French and Ottoman Empires, it was the first conflict to be reported first-hand in newspapers, painted by official war artists, recorded by telegraph and photographed by camera.
At the same time, the war was a retrograde one, fought with the mentality, and some of the equipment, of Napoleonic times. She tells forgotten stories about the war experience of individual soldiers and civilians, including journalists, nurses, doctors, war tourists and other witnesses. Tate argues that the Crimean War was both modern and old-fashioned, looking backwards and forwards, and generating optimism and despair among those who lived