British Grand Strategy
Year: 2021

The “Crimean” War was a limited conflict, fought by three great powers that relied on strikingly different strategic models, while the Ottoman Empire took a prominent role in one theatre, as a major regional power. Austria and the United States actively promoted their strategic interests as neutrals, and Piedmont-Sardinia joined the war to secure diplomatic benefits from the victors. After an initial phase of pre-war manoeuvring and the opening phase in which Russia and Turkey fought on the Danu