Russian War: 1854, Baltic and Black Sea, Official Correspondence

by A C Dewar and D Bonner-Smith

This volume reproduces the Cabinet Confidential print of January 1855, a time of crisis in British Government, when the Aberdeen Ministry, heavily defeated on a vote of confidence, was eventually replaced by Lord Palmerston's Ministry. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir James Graham, survived the change and the print reflected his decision to use the Vice Admirals commanding the principal theatres of war, the Baltic and the Black sea, as scapegoats...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911423053
• ISBN13: 9781911423058
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 460 Pages