The Routledge Handbook of the Crimean War

The Routledge Handbook of the Crimean War is an edited collection of articles on the various aspects of the Crimean War written by distinguished historians from various countries.

Part I focuses on diplomatic, military and regional perspectives. Part II includes contributions on social, cultural and international issues around the war. All contributions are based upon findings of the latest research. While not pretending to be an exhaustive encyclopaedia of this first modern war, the present volume captures the most important topics and the least researched areas in the historiography of the war. The book incorporates new approaches in national historiographies to the war and is intended to be the most up-to-date reference book on the subject. Chapters are devoted to each of the belligerent powers and to other peripheral states that were involved in one way or another in the war. The volume also gives more attention to the Ottoman Empire, which is generally neglected in European books on the war.

Both the general public and students of history will find the book useful, balanced and up-to-date.

1. Introduction Part 1: Diplomatic, Military and Regional Perspectives 2. Origins of the War 3. Russia’s Policy Leading to the Crimean War 4. Russia’s Military Strategy and Lessons of the War 5. British Grand Strategy 6. The Crimean War in French Public Opinion 7. Russian Occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia and the Plans for a "People’s War" in the Balkans 8. Ottoman Strategy and the Danube Theatre of the War 9. The Ottoman Navy During the Crimean War 10. Battles and Military Art in the Caucasian Theatre of Operations 11. Better Reasons Why!: Captain Nolan and the Charge of the Light Brigade 12. Baltic Theatre of the War, 1854–56 13. Scandinavian Neutrality in the Crimean War 14. Italians in the Crimean War 15. Greece During the Crimean War 16. The White Sea and Pacific Campaigns 17. The Ottoman Officer Corps and the Crimean War 18. The Armies of Egypt and Tunisia in the Crimean War 19. Hungarian Military Influences in the Late Ottoman Empire: Richard Guyon and György Kmety, the Hungarian Heroes of the Crimean War 20. Romantic Warriors of the Crimean War: Michał Czajkowski and His Cossack Cavalry Regiment 21. The Sulina Question: Origins, Evolution, Solution Part 2: Social, Economic, Cultural Issues 22. The Churchwarden's Quarrel and the Reality of Religion 23. War Propaganda and Public Opinion in Russian Popular Culture 24. Varna and the Crimean War 25. The Telegraph in the Crimean War 26. Russian Medical Service During the Crimean War 27. Florence Nightingale and the British Sanitary Commission 28. Impact of the War on Daily Life in Istanbul 29. Origins of the "Kurdish Question"?: The Revolt of Yezdanşêr (1854–55) 30. The Toll of War on Crimea 31. From Crimea to Dobruja: The Impact of the Crimean War on the Crimean Tatars of the Nineteenth Century

Candan Badem is an associate professor of History. Since 2016, he has been excluded from state universities in Turkey by a government decree.