The Crimean War

 
From the publishers
In contrast to every other book about the conflict Andrew Lambert's […] study [] is neither an operational history of the armies in the Crimea, nor a study of the diplomacy of the conflict. The core concern is with grand strategy, the development and implementation of national policy and strategy. The key concepts are strategic, derived from the works of Carl von Clausewitz and Sir Julian Corbett, and the main focus is on naval, not military operations. […] Originally published in 1990 the book appeared just as the Cold War ended; the strategic landscape for Britain began shifting away from the continent, and new commitments were emerging that heralded a return to maritime strategy, as adumbrated in the defence policy papers of the 1990s. With a new introduction that contextualises the 1990 text and situates it in the developing historiography of the Crimean War the new edition makes this […] book available to a new generation of scholars.
 
Contents
Introduction to the 2011 Edition; Introduction to the 1990 Edition: A Crimean War?; Great Britain and Russia, 1815–53; The crisis in the East; National strategy and naval policy; The strategic balance; Sinope; Preparing for war; War aims and strategy; The Danube front; The grand raid; The siege; The Russian response; The Baltic campaign; Bomarsund; Politics and strategy; The Black Sea theatre, January–April 1855; Kertch; The turning point; After Sevastapol; Return to the Baltic; Sweaborg; The limits of power; The great armament; A limited peace; British strategy and the war; Bibliography; Index.
 
About the author
Andrew Lambert is a British naval historian, currently Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. He is the author of many books on naval history, but notably of Napoleonic interest:
– Trincomalee: the last of Nelson's frigates, Chatham Publishing (2002)
– The naval history of Great Britain: during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, William James with new introductions by Andrew Lambert. Stackpole Books (2002)
– Nelson: Britannia's God of War, Faber and Faber (2004)