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Crimean War
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Why did you fight as you did? Why did you risk death so often? Did you do it for the good of the country?
..The war wasn't for the good of the country. It was for the benefit of private mercantile interests, fueled by by the conceit of politicians.
You fought for the glory and medals then?
Hardly.
Then why?
...Everything I did was for my men. For the noncommissioned ones who had joined the army to avoid starvation or the workhouse. And for the junior officers who were experienced and long-servin
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― Love in the Afternoon
― Love in the Afternoon
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Reading contemporary accounts brings home the fact that of any battle or campaign there are at least for different versions. One is that of those who fought in it, two is of the generals who commanded it, three is of those who reported on it at the time and made what they could of a mass of confused and often misleading information, and four is the version of those who had a theory about it and reported those facts which happened to fit the version they were trying to portray." ~The Crimean War:
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