Sevastopol's Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin
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Sevastopol's Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin

Sevastopol's Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin

by Melvin Mungo

Overview

Founded by Catherine the Great, the maritime city of Sevastopol has been fought over for centuries. Crucial battles of the Crimean War were fought on the hills surrounding the city, and the memory of this stalwart defense inspired those who fruitlessly battled the Germans during World War II. Twice the city has faced complete obliteration, yet twice it has risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes.

In this groundbreaking volume, award-winning author Mungo Melvin explores how Sevastopol became the crucible of conflict over three major engagements—the Crimean War, the Russian Civil War, and World War II—witnessing the death and destruction of countless armies, yet creating the indomitable "spirit of Sevastopol." By weaving together first-hand interviews, detailed operational reports and battle analysis, Melvin manages to create a rich tapestry of history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472807946
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 04/18/2017
Series: General Military Series
Pages: 800
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 2.30(d)

About the Author

General Mungo Melvin CB OBE is a retired senior British Army officer. In the Royal Engineers, he saw operational service in Northern Ireland, the Middle East, and the Balkans. He specialized in strategic analysis, professional military education, and doctrine. He is president of the British Commission for Military History, a senior associate fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, and a senior visiting research fellow of the war studies department of King's College London.

Table of Contents

List of Maps

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Author's Note

Prologue

PART ONE – EARLY SEVASTOPOL

Chapter 1 Crucible of Conflict

Chapter 2 The Founding of Sevastopol

Chapter 3 Bastion of Maritime Power

PART TWO – THE CRIMEAN WAR

Chapter 4 The Eastern War

Chapter 5 The First Defence of Sevastopol

Chapter 6 Inkerman and the Spirit of Sevastopol

Chapter 7 Defeat and Defiance

PART THREE – CITY OF REVOLUTION

Chapter 8 Ruin, Peace and Recovery

Chapter 9 The 1905 Revolution

Chapter 10 World War to Civil War

Chapter 11 Allied Intervention and the Russian Civil War

PART FOUR – MODERN WAR

Chapter 12 Red Terror to Patriotic War

Chapter 13 City of Courage: the Second Defence of Sevastopol

Chapter 14 The End of the Second Defence and Axis Occupation

Chapter 15 Liberation and Reconstruction

Chapter 16 Fraternal Conflict

Epilogue

Chronology

Endnotes

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

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