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Title: The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan by Alexander William Kinglake ISBN: 0-404-03710-0 Publisher: AMS Press Pub. Date: January, 1972 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: A model of history, thought, and prose art
Comment: If you think you would like to be a writer, you need to take a look at this book. Two past masters of the English language (Kipling and Churchill) apparently sang its praises. You can't finish the first page without nodding your head in agreement.

You will learn many things in this book which are new, and many things which are true. As an example, I will give "the Usage," a new concept for me, but one which embodied the unwritten law or constitution which supported peace in Europe. It basically says that peace will be upheld by the five Great Powers. They are not obliged to right the wrongs of another State. They are not obliged to fight a war where there is no hope of victory. But if a smaller state is being wronged, and that wrong presently or in the future imperils the interests of a great power, and if there is hope of victory, that power MUST intervene and restore the European peace.

Kinglake cites Prussia's failure to help Austria combat Napoleon as a negative example, where Prussia failed to follow "the Usage." The result: Prussia lost stature, lost moral suasion, lost its own war with Napoleon, and then vanished from the roster of European states.

One wonders if "the Usage" has expanded to the world sphere by now.

Excellent reading, and highest recommendation!