The three or four chapters leading up to the war and the chapter covering the period after the war could have been summed up quicker. The coverage of the war was interesting, although the maps were inadequate. The writing itself was a bit dry.

The Crimean was an odd war, with Protestant England, Catholic France and Muslim Turkey fighting Orthodox Russia, mostly for minor national advantages. The battles if Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman have gained a fame larger than the war itself.