CRIMEAN WAR

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Crimean War
General Works

Battles
Balaclava and The Charge of the Light Brigade
Inkerman

General Works

The Crimean War, John Sweetman, Osprey, 2001, 96 pages. A good introduction to the events of the Crimean War, if perhaps a little too focused on the British view of the war. [see more]

Battles of the Crimean War, W. Baring-Pemberton, Macmillan, 1968, 256 pages. One of the best military histories of the Crimean War, with good accounts of all the major battles, well supported by quotes from the combatants. [see more]

ffrench Blake, R L V. The Crimean War, Sphere Books, London, 1973.

Glover, Michael. Warfare from Waterloo to Mons, Guild Publishing, London, 1980

Balaclave and The Charge of the Light Brigade

Balaclava 1854, Osprey Publishing, London, 1990, Campaign No. 6, John Sweetman

Adkin, Mark. The Charge, Pimlico, London, 2000, 304pp. A modern account of the charge, taking into account recent discoveries and explorations of the battlefield.

Woodham-Smith, Cecil, The Reason Why, Penguin, 1991, 288pp. A classic study of the charge of the light brigade, concentrating on the key officers responsible for the charge, the system that put them in place, and the resulting reforms in the training of British army officers.

Inkerman

Barthorp, Michael, Heroes of the Crimea, Balaclava and Inkerman, Blandford, 1992, 160 pages. A book that brings together the two battles of Balaclava and Inkerman, seperated by less than two weeks in 1854