"A Brief History of the Crimean War" Topic

I picked up A Brief History of the Crimean War by Alexis Troubetzkoy at a discount books store (~$6) and am really enjoying it. It is well written and engaging.

I'm about half way through the book and to this point it has only dealt with the circumstances that led up to the actual war, which is very interesting. I've read some reviews that frowned on the book because it was not a detailed accounting of the war itself, but that's not what I'm after at this point, so I'm happy with it.

Prior to reading this book I knew almost nothing about the Crimean War so that may be why I find it so interesting. However, if you are like me, it would be worth the trouble to obtain this book, I think.

Well then, if you like the Crimean War lad, come join our group:

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Once did a thesis paper on how the Crimean War was the first "media war" because of the advent of international telegraph cables. Pretty interesting how the British Ambassador, who hated the Russians and was maneuvering for war, sent panic-grams on a daily basis to London demanding answers, and the powers that be were simply not used to the pace of communications. They were used to the older "takes 6 weeks to get here, and six weeks to respond" school of diplomacy. This was a causal factor in the decision to go to war. Once engaged, the Crimean War was also the first war in which correspondents could send daily war reports from abroad to their papers back home.