Table of Contents:
  • The Coming of the War. The Background of the Crimean War ; The Rise of the Eastern Question ; The Genesis of the Franco-Russian Conflict ; The Seymour Conversations ; The Menshikov Mission ; The Russian Break with Turkey ; The Note of Vienna : A Solution That Failed ; Turkey Goes to War ; France and Britain Enter the Conflict ; Russia Withdraws from the Principalities ; The War Shifts to the Crimea
  • The Decisive Developments, 1854-56. The Beginning of the Crimean Campaign ; Inkerman : The Decisive Battle ; The Struggle for Austria ; The Search for a Policy ; The Conference of Vienna ; The Secondary Campaigns of 1854-55 ; The Last Russian Offensive ; The End of the Siege ; The Road to Peace ; The Paris Peace Conference, 1856 ; The Social Effects of the War on the Working Class ; The Rise of Political Opposition
  • Appendix 1 : Text of the Draft Sened of April 23-May 5, 1853
  • Appendix 2 : The Note of Vienna.