Crimea:TheLastCrusade(FrenchEdition)
- 作者
- 出版社 AllenLane
- 出版时间 2011年6月
- ISBN 9780141013503
- 定价 124.50
内容简介
Theterribleconflictthatdominatedthemid19thcentury,theCrimeanWarkilledatleast800,000menandpittedRussiaagainstaformidablecoalitionofBritain,FranceandtheOttomanEmpire.Itwasawarforterritory,provokedbyfearthatiftheOttomanEmpireweretocollapsethenRussiacouldcontrolahugeswatheoflandfromtheBalkanstothePersianGulf.Butitwasalsoawarofreligion,drivenbyafervent,populistandevermoreferociousbeliefbytheTsarandhisministersthatitwasRussia'stasktoruleallOrthodoxChristiansandcontroltheHolyLand.OrlandoFiges'majornewbookreimaginesthisextraordinarywar,inwhichthestakescouldnothavebeenhigherandwhichwasfoughtwithaterriblemixtureofferocityandincompetence.Itwasbotharecognisablymodernconflict-thefirsttobeextensivelyphotographed,thefirsttoemploythetelegraph,thefirst'newspaperwar'-andatraditionalone,withilliteratesoldiers,amateurofficersandhugecasualtiescausedbydisease.Drawingonahugerangeoffascinatingsources,Figesalsogivesthelivedexperienceofthewar,fromthatoftheordinaryBritishsoldierinhissnow-filledtrench,tothehaunted,gloomy,narrowfigureofTsarNicholashimselfashevowstotakeonthewholeworldinhishuntforreligioussalvation.
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