LEADER 02050nam 22004453 450 001 9910157755803321 005 20250827080354.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000942083 035 $a(BIP)057966584 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781787202702 035 $a(Perlego)3019289 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32202891 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32202891 035 $a(Exl-AI)993710000000942083 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000942083 100 $a20250827d1960 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCrimean Blunder $eThe Story of War with Russia a Hundred Years Ago 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWaipu :$cNormanby Press,$d1960. 210 4$dİ1960. 215 $a1 online resource (283 p.) 311 08$a9781787202702 311 08$a1787202704 330 8 $aFirst published in 1960, this book details the events in Turkey, the Crimea and the shores of the Black Sea during the military conflict fought from October 1853 to March 1856, in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia.In writing his book, English-born Zimbabwean author and BSA Police Reserve Superintendent, Peter Gibbs, attempts to tell a plain story, rather than to present a scholarly history text, and this is reflected in his easy-to-read yet highly informative style of writing.An excellent account, richly illustrated throughout with detailed maps and photographs taken during the Crimean war."[I]f the Crimean War deserves no label of greatness it cannot be dismissed as altogether negligible as wars go, if only because it cost nearly three hundred thousand lives."--Peter Gibbs 606 $aMilitary history$7Generated by AI 615 0$aMilitary history 676 $a947.07 700 $aGibbs$b Peter$01434184 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157755803321 996 $aCrimean Blunder$93586634 997 $aUNINA