Description: Death of GloryThe Legacy of the Crimean WarRobert EdgertonIn 1853, the Crimean War began as an intensely romantic affair, with officers and soldiers alike taking to the fray with phrases like “death or glory” on their tongues and in their hearts. Nothing stands out more starkly than the toughness of the soldiers who fought so savagely, seldom complained, and only rarely collapsed under war's terrible and relentless stresses. Acts of astonishing bravery, many of them by doctors, women, and children, were commonplace. But so was callousness and brutality. The war soon became an impersonal, long-range killing match that resembled, far in advance, the trench warfare of World War I. It became a showcase for bad generalship and bureaucratic bungling. Men, women, and children died of hunger, cold, and disease many times more often than they were killed by rifles or the most massive artillery barrages the world have ever seen.Death or Glory is not a mere battle chronology; rather, it is a narrative immersion into conditions during what became arguably the most tragically botched military campaign, from all sides, in modern European history—and the most immediate precedent to the American Civil War. Edgerton paints a vivid picture of the war, from the Charge of the Light Brigade and the heroics of Florence Nightingale to the British soldiers who, simply unable to take the misery, starvation, and cholera any longer, took their own lives. He describes how leaders failed their men again and again; how women and children became unseen heroes; how the universally despised Turks fought their own war; and, finally and perhaps most importantly, why so many fought so bravely in what seemed a futile cause. By comparing these experiences with those of Northern and Southern soldiers during the more well-documented American Civil War, Edgerton contributes a new perspective on how soldiers in the mid-19th century experienced war, death, and glory. Paperback: 304 pagesPublisher: Basic Books (May 19, 2000)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0813337895ISBN-13: 9780813337890Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
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Book Title: Death or Glory : the Legacy of the Crimean War
Title: Death or Glory
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Item Length: 9in
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Original Language: English
Publication Year: 2000
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.3in
Author: Robert Edgerton
Genre: History, Military, Political Science
Topic: British Wars, Combat, Foreign Militaries, Military History, True Military Stories, War, Warfare, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, History & Theory, Military / Wars & Conflicts (OTHER), WORLD
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 6in
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
