The global dimensions of Britain and France's Crimean war naval campaigns against Russia, 1854-1856

The Crimean War was fought far outside its namesake peninsula in the Black Sea Region. Between 1854 and 1856, Anglo-French naval forces attacked the Russian Empire in the Baltic, White Sea, and Pacific. These campaigns receive little attention from modern historians, and much of the work that does e...

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Main Author: Rath, Andrew
Other Authors: Valentin Boss (Supervisor)
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: McGill University 2012
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spelling ftcanadathes:oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.107828 2023-05-15T18:43:56+02:00 The global dimensions of Britain and France's Crimean war naval campaigns against Russia, 1854-1856 Rath, Andrew Valentin Boss (Supervisor) Doctor of Philosophy (Department of History and Classical Studies) 2012 application/pdf http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=107828 en eng McGill University Electronically-submitted theses. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=107828 All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. History - European Electronic Thesis or Dissertation 2012 ftcanadathes 2014-07-05T23:46:24Z The Crimean War was fought far outside its namesake peninsula in the Black Sea Region. Between 1854 and 1856, Anglo-French naval forces attacked the Russian Empire in the Baltic, White Sea, and Pacific. These campaigns receive little attention from modern historians, and much of the work that does exist relies on a limited number of English-language sources. This dissertation, on the other hand, is a comprehensive examination of these campaigns built on a foundation of primary documents written in English, French, and Russian. It also synthesizes relevant secondary scholarship in order to provide a comprehensive background for the three major European belligerents and to consider the perspectives of the other polities impacted by the conflict, specifically Sweden-Norway, Denmark, China, and Japan. This work's approach yields a more complete understanding of the worldwide context in which the Crimean War occurred. Ultimately, the wide-ranging imperial conflict that emerges starkly contrasts with customary depictions of the conflict as a petty, regionalized example noteworthy only as a cautionary tale of failed diplomacy and generalship or as a venue for advances is battlefield medicine, journalism, and photography. La Guerre de Crimée se déroula aussi hors de sa péninsule éponyme dans la région de la Mer Noire. Entre 1854 et 1856, des forces franco-britanniques attaquèrent l'Empire Russe dans la Mer Baltique, la Mer Blanche, ainsi que dans l'Océan Pacifique. Ces campagnes ont reçu peu d'attention de la part des historiens des temps modernes, et la majorité de ces effort se basent seulement sur des sources anglaises. Au contraire, ce mémoire contient une analyse exhaustive de ces campagnes se basant sur des documents originaux anglais, français et russes. Il synthétise les études modernes dans le but d'offrir un arrière-plan complet pour les trois grandes puissances européennes, ainsi que dans le but de considérer les perspectives des autres puissances impactées par le conflit, en particulier la Suède-Norvège, le Danemark, la Chine et le Japon. L'approche de cette étude offre une compréhension exhaustive du contexte mondial dans lequel la Guerre de Crimée se déroula. Finalement, le conflit impérial de grande envergure qui émerge s'oppose aux présentations usuelles du conflit comme étant un insignifiant exemple régional de note seulement comme un avertissement d'une diplomatie et d'une stratégie échouée, ou simplement comme une avenue pour des progrès dans la médecine de guerre, le journalisme ainsi que la photographie. Thesis White Sea Theses Canada/Thèses Canada (Library and Archives Canada) Blanche ENVELOPE(140.018,140.018,-66.663,-66.663) Noire ENVELOPE(140.019,140.019,-66.666,-66.666) Norway Pacific Petty ENVELOPE(-67.467,-67.467,-67.583,-67.583) White Sea
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description The Crimean War was fought far outside its namesake peninsula in the Black Sea Region. Between 1854 and 1856, Anglo-French naval forces attacked the Russian Empire in the Baltic, White Sea, and Pacific. These campaigns receive little attention from modern historians, and much of the work that does exist relies on a limited number of English-language sources. This dissertation, on the other hand, is a comprehensive examination of these campaigns built on a foundation of primary documents written in English, French, and Russian. It also synthesizes relevant secondary scholarship in order to provide a comprehensive background for the three major European belligerents and to consider the perspectives of the other polities impacted by the conflict, specifically Sweden-Norway, Denmark, China, and Japan. This work's approach yields a more complete understanding of the worldwide context in which the Crimean War occurred. Ultimately, the wide-ranging imperial conflict that emerges starkly contrasts with customary depictions of the conflict as a petty, regionalized example noteworthy only as a cautionary tale of failed diplomacy and generalship or as a venue for advances is battlefield medicine, journalism, and photography. La Guerre de Crimée se déroula aussi hors de sa péninsule éponyme dans la région de la Mer Noire. Entre 1854 et 1856, des forces franco-britanniques attaquèrent l'Empire Russe dans la Mer Baltique, la Mer Blanche, ainsi que dans l'Océan Pacifique. Ces campagnes ont reçu peu d'attention de la part des historiens des temps modernes, et la majorité de ces effort se basent seulement sur des sources anglaises. Au contraire, ce mémoire contient une analyse exhaustive de ces campagnes se basant sur des documents originaux anglais, français et russes. Il synthétise les études modernes dans le but d'offrir un arrière-plan complet pour les trois grandes puissances européennes, ainsi que dans le but de considérer les perspectives des autres puissances impactées par le conflit, en particulier la Suède-Norvège, le Danemark, la Chine et le Japon. L'approche de cette étude offre une compréhension exhaustive du contexte mondial dans lequel la Guerre de Crimée se déroula. Finalement, le conflit impérial de grande envergure qui émerge s'oppose aux présentations usuelles du conflit comme étant un insignifiant exemple régional de note seulement comme un avertissement d'une diplomatie et d'une stratégie échouée, ou simplement comme une avenue pour des progrès dans la médecine de guerre, le journalisme ainsi que la photographie.
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