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.

• 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

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.

• 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

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.

• 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