Mobilizing the Home Front
Journal: Oxford University Press eBooks
Year: 2018

Crimea was a home front before it was a war zone. With a focus on the implementation of martial law in Crimea, chapter 1 covers the period from mobilization in 1852 through the eve of the Allied landing in Crimea in September 1854. The related discussion of military resource extraction addresses the difference between obligation and charitable donation. This chapter also explores cultural aspects of the home front, with special attention to the rise of religious nationalism and latent inter-ethn