‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
Gregory Carleton’s Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and the Birth of Modern Warfare offers a profound exploration of the Crimean War, a conflict often overshadowed in historical discourse despite its significant impact on modern warfare. By juxtaposing the perspectives of Leo Tolstoy, a young Russian artillery officer who later penned the Sevastopol Stories, and William Howard…