Title: The first literary war
Product review: Crimea was the first war to have extensive press coverage while it was occurring. Additionally, there were a multitude of memoirs and books of letters published when it was finished. Thus, it is really extensively covered, and this work makes the most of the numerous available sources. Also, this was a "watershed" war; a lot of the tactics harkened back to the Napoleonic era, while much of the hardware and trench warfare looked forward to the more "modern" wars of the early 20th century. The book is replete with extensive quotes, which broke up the narative a bit too much, in my opinion. There were some significant grammatical typos, which were disconcerting. More and better detailed maps, particularly an overview map of the entire area would have been a big help to the general reader. All in all, however, it is well-done work, and you will learn a lot about this often forgotten (except for the "Charge of the Light Brigade") war.
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