The Crimean War in Imperial Context, 1854-1856
The Crimean War was fought far from its namesake peninsula in Ukraine. Until now, accounts of Britain's and France's naval campaigns against Czarist Russia in the Baltic, White Sea, and Pacific have remained fragmented, minimized, or thinly-referenced. This book considers each campaign from an imperial perspective extending from South America to Finland. Ultimately, this regionally-focused approach reveals that even the smallest Anglo-French naval campaigns in the remote White Sea had significant consequences in fields ranging from medical advances to international maritime law. Considering the perspectives of neutral powers including China, Japan, and Sweden-Norway, allows Rath to examine the Crimean conflict's impact on major historical events ranging from the 'opening' of Tokugawa Japan to Russia's annexation of large swaths of Chinese territory. Complete with customized maps and an extensive reference section, this will become essential reading for a varied audience.
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The Crimean War in Imperial Context, 1854-1856
The Crimean War was fought far from its namesake peninsula in Ukraine. Until now, accounts of Britain's and France's naval campaigns against Czarist Russia in the Baltic, White Sea, and Pacific have remained fragmented, minimized, or thinly-referenced. This book considers each campaign from an imperial perspective extending from South America to Finland. Ultimately, this regionally-focused approach reveals that even the smallest Anglo-French naval campaigns in the remote White Sea had significant consequences in fields ranging from medical advances to international maritime law. Considering the perspectives of neutral powers including China, Japan, and Sweden-Norway, allows Rath to examine the Crimean conflict's impact on major historical events ranging from the 'opening' of Tokugawa Japan to Russia's annexation of large swaths of Chinese territory. Complete with customized maps and an extensive reference section, this will become essential reading for a varied audience.
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The Crimean War in Imperial Context, 1854-1856

The Crimean War in Imperial Context, 1854-1856

by Andrew Rath
The Crimean War in Imperial Context, 1854-1856

The Crimean War in Imperial Context, 1854-1856

by Andrew Rath

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Overview

The Crimean War was fought far from its namesake peninsula in Ukraine. Until now, accounts of Britain's and France's naval campaigns against Czarist Russia in the Baltic, White Sea, and Pacific have remained fragmented, minimized, or thinly-referenced. This book considers each campaign from an imperial perspective extending from South America to Finland. Ultimately, this regionally-focused approach reveals that even the smallest Anglo-French naval campaigns in the remote White Sea had significant consequences in fields ranging from medical advances to international maritime law. Considering the perspectives of neutral powers including China, Japan, and Sweden-Norway, allows Rath to examine the Crimean conflict's impact on major historical events ranging from the 'opening' of Tokugawa Japan to Russia's annexation of large swaths of Chinese territory. Complete with customized maps and an extensive reference section, this will become essential reading for a varied audience.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781137544513
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 10/14/2015
Edition description: 2015
Pages: 301
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Andrew Rath received his Ph.D. in History from McGill University, Canada. He and his wife Sarah live in Bethesda, Maryland.

Table of Contents

1. Allied Pre-War Planning: the 'Nelson Touch' that Never Materialized
2. The White Sea, Finmark, and Russian Strategy
3. The Crimean War's First Shots in the Baltic, 1854
4. Bomarsund, Sweden, and Sweaborg
5. Campaigns in the White Sea, 1854
6. Kola, Blockade, and Advances in Naval Medicine
7. The Crimean War in the Pacific World, 1854
8. Petropavlovsk, Japan, and After
9. Frustration in the Pacific, Shifts Along the Amur
10. Sweaborg and Another Baltic Campaign, 1855
Conclusion: 1856 and a 'Peace that Sticks in the Throat'

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“This ambitious and clever study illuminates the often-forgotten global aspects of the Crimean War. Andrew Rath brings together a tremendous amount of primary source material in eight languages to re-frame this struggle within the story of European empire and modernization in the mid-19th century. This is fine argument for the continued dynamism of military and diplomatic history and may convince readers to re-think their understanding of this important 19th century conflict.” (Society for Military History (SMH))

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