And the The Welcome to Russian History Retold, episode 141, The Crimean War Part 2.

Last time I talked about how I put together the podcast from the idea for a topic to how I research and produce each one.

Now let's get back to the series on the Crimean War.

Now, two podcasts podcasts ago I gave you a background on the history of the Crimea.

While important, the land of Crimea was not the catalyst for the war that was to come.

Its location on the Black Sea with the warm water ports that Russia so desperately wanted access to was a major contributing factor, but not

the main issue.

While researching this conflict, my two primary sources, but not only ones, are Orlando Figgs

monumental work, the Crimean War, the History, and Crimea, and the Great Crimean War 1854 to

1856 by Trevor Royal.

The latter, while extremely well written and filled with the kind of facts any historian

would drool over, fails to convey the emotional aspects quite like Professor Figgs does in his book. Both though are

highly recommended if you want to learn more about the Crimean conflict.

On the first page of this introduction, Professor Figgs brings home the tragedy of the Crimean War and lays a powerful groundwork with which will help us to fully grasp the enormity of this struggle.

In today's world, we see countless shows on television in the movies about World War I, World War II,

as well as the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, not to mention

Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Israeli-Arab Wars.

But we seem to have cast the Crimean War to the outposts of history, forgetting how it was

this war that would set the stage for the great worldwide conflicts of the 20th century.

This is why I'd like to read the first page and a half of Orlando Figgs book.

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